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;
9. from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, Raphu’s son;
10. from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, Sodi’s son;
11. from the tribe of Joseph:from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi, Susi’s son;
12. from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, Gemalli’s son;
13. from the tribe of Asher, Sethur, Michael’s son;
14. from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, Vophsi’s son;
15. from the tribe of Gad, Geuel, Machi’s son.
16. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent out to explore the land. Moses changed the name of Hoshea, Nun’s son, to Joshua.
17. When Moses sent them out to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, "Go up there into the arid southern plain and into the mountains.