1. The Lord spoke to Moses:
2. “Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”
3. Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the Lord’s command. All the men were leaders in Israel.
4. These were their names:Shammua son of Zaccur from the tribe of Reuben;
5. Shaphat son of Hori from the tribe of Simeon;
6. Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;