“ Send some men to check out the land of Canaan. I am giving it to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of Israel’s tribes.”

“你打发人去窥探我所赐给以色列人的迦南地，他们每支派中要打发一个人，都要作首领的。”

“你要派人去窥探我所赐给以色列人的迦南地；每个父系支派要派一个人，是他们中间的族长。”

“你要派人去窥探我所赐给以色列人的迦南地；每个父系支派要派一个人，是他们中间的族长。”

“你要派十二位首领，每个支派一位，去打探我要赐给以色列人的迦南。”

“你要派人窥探我赐给以色列人的迦南地；按着父家所属的支派，每支派要派一个人，个个都必须是他们的领袖。”

「你打發人去窺探我所賜給以色列人的迦南地，他們每支派中要打發一個人，都要作首領的。」

「你要派人去窺探我所賜給以色列人的迦南地；每個父系支派要派一個人，是他們中間的族長。」

「你要派人去窺探我所賜給以色列人的迦南地；每個父系支派要派一個人，是他們中間的族長。」

「你要派十二位首領，每個支派一位，去打探我要賜給以色列人的迦南。」

“你要派人窺探我賜給以色列人的迦南地；按著父家所屬的支派，每支派要派一個人，個個都必須是他們的領袖。”

『你打發人去窺探我所賜給以色列人的迦南地；按他們父系的支派每支派打發一人一人去，都要做他們中間的首領的。

於支派中、各簡牧伯一人、以窺迦南地、即我所錫以色列族者、

我以迦南錫以色列族、可於支派中、各擇一長者、至其地以窺察焉。

爾當遣人往窺探我所賜以色列人之迦南地、每一支派當遣一人、各於本支派中為族長者、

“ Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”

“ Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.”

“ Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”

“ 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.”

“ Send out men for yourself to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes, every one a leader among them.”

“ Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

Send 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.

“ 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.”

Send thou men, that they may search 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 ruler among them.

“ Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”

“ Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.”

That’s what your fathers did. I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to check out the land.

Then all of you came to me. You said,“ Let’s send some men ahead of us. They can check out the land for us and bring back a report. They can suggest to us which way to go. They can tell us about the towns we’ll come to.”That seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of you. I picked one man from each tribe.They left and went up into the hill country. There they came to the Valley of Eshkol. They checked it out.They got some of the fruit of that land. Then they brought it down to us and gave us their report. They said,“ The Lord our God is giving us a good land.”

Also appoint one leader from each of the nine and a half tribes. They will help you give out the land.

He chose men of ability from the whole community of Israel. He made them leaders of the people. They became officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

So I chose the leading men of your tribes who were wise and respected. I appointed them to have authority over you. I made them commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. I appointed them to be officials over the tribes.

Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two spies from Shittim. He sent them in secret. He said to them,“ Go and look over the land. Most of all, check out Jericho.” So they went to Jericho. They stayed at the house of a prostitute. Her name was Rahab.The king of Jericho was told,“ Look! Some of the Israelites have come here tonight. They’ve come to check out the land.”So the king sent a message to Rahab. It said,“ Bring out the men who came into your house. They’ve come to check out the whole land.”But the woman had hidden the two men. She said,“ It’s true that the men came here. But I didn’t know where they had come from.They left at sunset, when it was time to close the city gate. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You might catch up with them.”But in fact she had taken them up on the roof. There she had hidden them under some flax she had piled up.The king’s men left to hunt down the spies. They took the road that leads to where the Jordan River can be crossed. As soon as they had gone out of the city, the gate was shut.Rahab went up on the roof before the spies settled down for the night.She said to them,“ I know that the Lord has given you this land. We are very much afraid of you. Everyone who lives in this country is weak with fear because of you.We’ve heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt. We’ve heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings. They ruled east of the Jordan River. You completely destroyed them.When we heard about it, we were terrified. Because of you, we aren’t brave anymore. The Lord your God is the God who rules in heaven above and on the earth below.“ Now then, please give me your word. Promise me in the name of the Lord that you will be kind to my family. I’ve been kind to you. Promise methat you will spare the lives of my father and mother. Spare my brothers and sisters. Also spare everyone in their families. Promise that you won’t put any of us to death.”So the men made a promise to her.“ If you save our lives, we’ll save yours,” they said.“ Just don’t tell anyone what we’re doing. Then we’ll be kind and faithful to you when the Lord gives us the land.”The house Rahab lived in was part of the city wall. So she let the spies down by a rope through the window.She said to them,“ Go up into the hills. The men chasing you won’t be able to find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return. Then you can go on your way.”The spies had said to her,“ You made us give our word. But we won’t keep our promiseunless you do what we say. When we enter the land, you must tie this bright red rope in the window. Tie it in the window you let us down through. Bring your father and mother into your house. Also bring in your brothers and everyone else in your family.None of you must go out into the street. If you do, anything that happens to you will be your own fault. We won’t be responsible. But if anyone hurts someone who is inside the house with you, it will be our fault. We will be responsible.Don’t tell anyone what we’re doing. If you do, we won’t have to keep the promise you asked us to make.”“ I agree,” Rahab replied.“ I’ll do as you say.” So she sent them away, and they left. Then she tied the bright red rope in the window.When the spies left, they went up into the hills. They stayed there for three days. By that time the men chasing them had searched all along the road. They couldn’t find them. So they returned.Then the two spies started back. They went down out of the hills. They went across the Jordan River. They came to Joshua, the son of Nun. They told him everything that had happened to them.They said,“ We’re sure the Lord has given the whole land over to us. All the people there are weak with fear because of us.”

One man from each tribe must help you. Those who help must be the heads of their families.

The Lord said to Moses,“ Bring me 70 of Israel’s elders. Bring men that you know are leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting. I want them to stand there with you.