³ So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.^(A)

⁸ This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.^(A)

¹⁶ After that, the people left Hazeroth^(A) and encamped in the Desert of Paran.^(B)

²³ And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea,^(A) he said, “Go up and take possession^(B) of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled^(C) against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust^(D) him or obey him.

Spies Sent Out

¹⁹ Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites^(A) through all that vast and dreadful wilderness^(B) that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.^(C)

²³ The idea seemed good to me; so I selected^(A) twelve of you, one man from each tribe.