1. The Lord spoke to Moses:
2. Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, which I’m giving to the Israelites. Send one man from each ancestral tribe, each a chief among them.
3. So Moses sent them out from the Paran desert according to the Lord’s command. All the men were leaders among the Israelites.
4. These are their names:from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, Zaccur’s son;
5. from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, Hori’s son;
6. from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh’s son;
7. from the tribe of Issachar, Igal, Joseph’s son;
8. from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, Nun’s son;