So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.
“Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.
The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.
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