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Numbers 13:3

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1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

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BSB
So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
KJV
And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
WEB
Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD. All of them were men who were heads of the children of Israel.
ASV
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
DARBY
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.
BLB
And Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the mouth of YHWH; all the men were heads of the sons of Israel.
ÅB
Da sendte Moses dem fra ørkenen Paran etter Herrens ord; alle var de overhoder for Israels barn.
OTB
Så på Herrens befaling sendte Moses dem fra ørkenen Paran, alle sammen ledere for israelittene.
B1930
Da sendte Moses dem fra ørkenen Paran efter Herrens ord; alle var de overhoder for Israels barn.

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  • Numbers 12:16

    And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

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  • Numbers 32:8

    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:19

    And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:23

    Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:23

    And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

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