Study it in the app““Send for yourself men, and let them explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel. One man from each tribe of their fathers you shall send, every one a chief among them.””
“Sendשְׁלַחfor yourselfלְךָmen,אֲנָשִׁיםand let them exploreוְיָתֻרוּthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןwhichאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam givingנֹתֵןto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלOne manאִישׁ אֶחָדfrom each tribeאִישׁ אֶחָד לְמַטֵּהof their fathersאֲבֹתָיyou shall send,ו תִּשְׁלָחוּevery oneכֹּלa chiefנָשִׂיאamong them.”בָהֶם
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelach” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsexplore
To go through a land to learn about it.
Where else “yaturu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearseach
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appearschief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appearsDeuteronomy 1:22-23 tells that the idea of sending spies came from the people; here it is YHWH who commands it.
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
1YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the command of YHWH; all of them were men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
