Numbers 13:3

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.

And Moses {H4872} by the commandment {H6310} of the LORD {H3068} sent {H7971} them from the wilderness {H4057} of Paran {H6290}: all those men {H582} were {H1992} heads {H7218} of the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}.

Moshe dispatched them from the Pa'ran Desert as ADONAI had ordered; all of them were leading men among the people of Isra'el.

So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

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.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 32:8 (4 votes)

    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.

  • Numbers 12:16 (4 votes)

    And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

  • Deuteronomy 9:23 (3 votes)

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

  • Deuteronomy 1:19 (3 votes)

    ¶ And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.

  • Deuteronomy 1:23 (2 votes)

    And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: