“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

When Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up this way to the Negev, then go up into the hill country.

Judah’s sons included Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

But if they don’t go across with you in battle formation, they must accept land in Canaan with you.”

We will cross over in battle formation before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but we will keep our hereditary possession across the Jordan.”

At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard the Israelites were coming.

“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these borders:

These are the ones the Lord commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Select three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan to be cities of refuge.