Numbers 13:5 (BSB)

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

From Numbers 13. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 13:5

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 13:1-20: Here we have, I. Orders given to send spies to search out the land of Canaan. It is here said, God directed Moses to send them (Num 13:1, Num 13:2), but it appears by the repetition of the story afterwards (Deu 1:22) that the motion came originally from the people; they came to Moses, and said, We will send men before us; and it was the fruit of their unbelief.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 13:5: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. See Gill on Num 13:4. . Numbers 13:7 num 13:7 num 13:7 num 13:7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. See Gill on Num 13:4.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 13:1-17: Numbers 13:1-17 Despatch of the Spies of Canaan. - Num 13:1. The command of Jehovah, to send out men to spy out the land of Canaan, was occasioned, according to the account given by Moses in Deu 1:22., by a proposal of the congregation, which pleased Moses, so that he laid the matter before the Lord, who then commanded him to send out for this...