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
Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
Deuteronomy 1:22
So all of you approached me and said, "Let's send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there."

Of every

Numbers 1:4
And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.
Numbers 34:18
You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

A ruler

Numbers 11:16
The Lord said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.
Exodus 18:25
Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Deuteronomy 1:15
So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.

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