Numbers 13:3

13:3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command ¹  of the Lord. All of them were leaders ²  of the Israelites.

Numbers 13:26

The Spies’ Reports

13:26 They came back ³  to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. ⁴  They reported ⁵  to the whole community and showed the fruit of the land.

[13:3]  ¹ tn Heb “mouth.”

[13:3]  ² tn Heb “heads.”

[13:26]  ³ tn The construction literally has “and they went and they entered,” which may be smoothed out as a verbal hendiadys, the one verb modifying the other.

[13:26]  ⁴ sn Kadesh is Ain Qadeis, about 50 miles (83 km) south of Beer Sheba. It is called Kadesh-barnea in Num 32:8.

[13:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “They brought back word”; the verb is the Hiphil preterite of שׁוּב (shuv).