Numbers 13:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 13:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 13:2 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of thei..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 13:2 — KJV
“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.”
— Numbers 13:2 (KJV)
Numbers 13:2 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 13:2
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:2: men, land, give
“And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:2: may, children, israel
“And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:2: send, men, search
“Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:2: men, may, land
“And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 13:2: land, canaan, children
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