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1 the LORD said to Moses:
2 Send men to explore the land of Canaan, which I'm about to give to the Israelites. Send one man each from his father's clan, every one a prince among them.
3 According to the LORD's command, Moses sent these men from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
4 And these are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;
12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. But Moses gave Hoshea, son of Nun, the name Joshua.
17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he told them: "Go through the Negev and then into the mountain region.
18 "See what the land is like and whether the people there are strong or weak, few or many.
19 »Is the land they live in good or bad? Do their cities have walls around them or not?
20 "Is the soil rich or poor? Does the land have trees or not? Do your best to bring back some fruit from the land." It was the season when grapes were beginning to ripen.