Numbers 13:3

What does Numbers 13:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 13:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them <FI>are<Fi> men, heads of the sons of Israel they are,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.

Context

v.2Send thou men, that they may spy out 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 prince among them.

v.3This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 1:23

    And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

  • Deuteronomy 9:23

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

  • Numbers 12:16

    And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

  • Numbers 32:8

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

  • Deuteronomy 1:19

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

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