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Selected Verse: Numbers 13:2 - Strong Concordance

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Nu 13:2 Strong Concordance Send [07971] thou men [0582], that they may search [08446] the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], which I give [05414] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: of every [0376] tribe [04294] of their fathers [01] shall ye send [07971] a man [0259], every one a ruler [05387] among them.
  King James 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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
A ruler - A comparison of the list with that of Num 13:1 :5 following shows that they were not the princes of the tribes, but heads of houses or families Num 12:4.

Of the names here given those of Joshua and Caleb alone are otherwise known to us.
 
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4 And the LORD [03068] spake [0559] suddenly [06597] unto Moses [04872], and unto Aaron [0175], and unto Miriam [04813], Come out [03318] ye three [07969] unto the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]. And they three [07969] came out [03318].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
19 And when we departed [05265] from Horeb [02722], we went through [03212] all that great [01419] and terrible [03372] wilderness [04057], which ye saw [07200] by the way [01870] of the mountain [02022] of the Amorites [0567], as the LORD [03068] our God [0430] commanded [06680] us; and we came [0935] to Kadeshbarnea [06947].
20 And I said [0559] unto you, Ye are come [0935] unto the mountain [02022] of the Amorites [0567], which the LORD [03068] our God [0430] doth give [05414] unto us.
21 Behold [07200], the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath set [05414] the land [0776] before [06440] thee: go up [05927] and possess [03423] it, as the LORD [03068] God [0430] of thy fathers [01] hath said [01696] unto thee; fear [03372] not, neither be discouraged [02865].
22 And ye came near [07126] unto me every one of you, and said [0559], We will send [07971] men [0582] before [06440] us, and they shall search us out [02658] the land [0776], and bring [07725] us word [01697] again [07725] by what way [01870] we must go up [05927], and into what cities [05892] we shall come [0935].
23 And the saying [01697] pleased me well [03190] [05869]: and I took [03947] twelve [08147] [06240] men [0582] of you, one [0259] of a tribe [0376] [07626]:
24 And they turned [06437] and went up [05927] into the mountain [02022], and came [0935] unto the valley [05158] of Eshcol [0812], and searched it out [07270].