Later, the LORD told Moses, 2 “Send men to explore the land of Canaan that I’m about to give to the Israelis. Send one man to represent each of his ancestor’s tribes, every one of them a distinguished leader among them.”3 So that’s just what Moses did, sending them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the LORD’s instructions. All of the men were Israeli leaders. 4 These were their names:From Reuben’s tribe, Zaccur’s son Shammua;5 From Simeon’s tribe, Hori’s son Shaphat;6
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