Numbers 13:3

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them <FI>are<Fi> men, heads of the sons of Israel they are,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 13:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 10:12and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
  2. Numbers 12:16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
  3. Numbers 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
  4. Numbers 32:8This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
  5. Numbers 34:17“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
  6. Deuteronomy 1:19And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
  7. Deuteronomy 1:23The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
  8. Deuteronomy 9:23And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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