The Scriptures 1998

Numbers 13:1-19 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

1. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

2. “Send men to spy out the land of Kena‛an, which I am giving to the children of Yisra’ĕl. Send one man from each tribe of their fathers, every one a leader among them.”

3. And by the command of יהוה Mosheh sent them from the Wilderness of Paran, all of them men who were heads of the children of Yisra’ĕl.

4. And these were their names. From the tribe of Re’uḇĕn: Shammua, son of Zakkur.

5. From the tribe of Shim‛on: Shaphat, son of Ḥori.

6. From the tribe of Yehuḏah: Kalĕḇ, son of Yephunneh.

7. From the tribe of Yissasḵar: Yig̅’al, son of Yosĕph.

8. From the tribe of Ephrayim: Hoshĕa, son of Nun.

9. From the tribe of Binyamin: Palti, son of Raphu.

10. From the tribe of Zeḇulun: Gaddi’ĕl, son of Soḏi.

11. From the tribe of Yosĕph, from the tribe of Menashsheh: Gaddi, son of Susi.

12. From the tribe of Dan: Ammi’ĕl, son of Gemalli.

13. From the tribe of Ashĕr: Shĕthur, son of Miḵa’ĕl.

14. From the tribe of Naphtali: Naḥbi, son of Wophsi.

15. From the tribe of Gaḏ: Geu’ĕl, son of Maḵi.

16. These are the names of the men whom Mosheh sent to spy out the land. And Mosheh called Hoshĕa the son of Nun, Yehoshua.

17. And Mosheh sent them to spy out the land of Kena‛an, and said to them, “Go up here into the South, and go up to the mountains,

18. and see what the land is like, and the people who dwell in it, whether strong or weak, whether few or many,

19. and whether the land they dwell in is good or evil, whether the cities they inhabit are in camps or strongholds,