Discovery BoxNumbers 13:3 
Context13:3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command 1 of the Lord. All of them were leaders 2 of the Israelites.
Numbers 13:26
ContextThe Spies’ Reports
13:26 They came back 3 to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. 4 They reported 5 to the whole community and showed the fruit of the land.
1 tn Heb “mouth.”
2 tn Heb “heads.”
3 tn The construction literally has “and they went and they entered,” which may be smoothed out as a verbal hendiadys, the one verb modifying the other.
4 sn Kadesh is Ain Qadeis, about 50 miles (83 km) south of Beer Sheba. It is called Kadesh-barnea in Num 32:8.
5 tn Heb “They brought back word”; the verb is the Hiphil preterite of שׁוּב (shuv).
