Numbers 13

Numbers · Chapter 13

Numbers 13:4

1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,2Send 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.3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.4And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.11Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.17And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:18And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;19And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;20And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)23And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.25And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.27And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.28Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.32And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

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VerseKJVBSBASV
4And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and theseוְאֵ֖לֶּהve-'E-lehH0428
these

אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent Aramaic equivalent: el.leh (אֵלֶּה "these" H0429)

[are] names theirשְׁמוֹתָ֑םshe-mo-TAMH8034
name

שֵׁם (shem) 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument Aramaic equivalent: shum (שֻׁם "name" H8036)

for [the] tribe ofלְמַטֵּ֣הle-ma-TEHH4294H
tribe: rod

מַטֶּה (mat.teh) : rod/staff 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)

Reubenרְאוּבֵ֔ןre-'u-VENH7205
Reuben

רְאוּבֵן (re.u.ven) A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.32; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Hanoch (H2585J), Pallu (H6396), Hezron (H2696) and Carmi (H3756) § Reuben = "behold a son" 1) the eldest son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Reuben 3) the territory inhabited by the tribe of Reuben

Shammuaשַׁמּ֖וּעַsha-MU-a'H8051G
Shammua

שַׁמּוּעַ (sham.mu.a) A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.4; son of: Zaccur (H2139) § Shammua = "renowned" 1) son of Zaccur and the spy from the tribe of Reuben 2) son of David by his wife Bathsheba 2a) also 'Shammuah' and 'Shimea' 3) aLevite, son of Galal and father of Abda who lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile in the time of Nehemiah 3a) also 'Shemaiah' 4) a priest, head of the family of Bilgah in the time of Joiakim after the return from exile

[the] son ofבֶּן־ben-H1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

Zaccurזַכּֽוּר׃za-KURH2139G
Zaccur

זַכּוּר (zak.kur) A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.4; father of: Shammua (H8051) § Zaccur or Zacchur = "mindful" 1) father of Shammua, the Reubenite spy 2) a Simeonite of the family of Mishma 3) a Merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah 4) son of Asaph the singer 5) the son of Imri who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall 6) a Levite, or family of Levites, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 7) a Levite whose son or descendant Hanan was one of the treasurers over the treasuries appointed by Nehemiah

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.