Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Send thou

Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
Deuteronomy 1:22
"Then all of you approached me, and [you] said, 'Let us send men {before us}, and let them explore the land for us, and let them bring back {a report} to us [concerning] the way that {we should take} [and concerning] the cities that we shall come to.'

Of every

Numbers 1:4
A man from each tribe will be with you, each man the head of {his family}.
Numbers 34:18
You will take one leader from every tribe to divide up the land for inheritance.

A ruler

Numbers 11:16
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know [are] elders of the people and their officials; take them to the tent of assembly, and they will stand there with you.
Exodus 18:25
And Moses chose men of ability from all Israel, and he appointed them [as] heads over the people, [as] commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.
Deuteronomy 1:15
And so I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and [then] I appointed them as leaders over you [as] commanders of [groups of] thousands and commanders of [groups of] hundreds and commanders of [groups of] fifties and commanders of [groups of] tens [as] officials for your tribes.