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Numbers 13:1 – Numbers 15:41 — 119 verses — portion 37 of 54
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Verse 1א׳Standard895
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Verse 2ב׳Standard6,341
שְׁלַח־לְךָ אֲנָשִׁים וְיָתֻרוּ אֶת־אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי נֹתֵן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ אֶחָד אִישׁ אֶחָד לְמַטֵּה אֲבֹתָיו תִּשְׁלָחוּ כֹּל נָשִׂיא בָהֶֽם
’Send thou men, that they may spy out 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 prince among them.’
Verse 3ג׳Standard3,628
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה מִמִּדְבַּר פָּארָן עַל־פִּי יְהוָה כֻּלָּם אֲנָשִׁים רָאשֵׁי בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵֽמָּה
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD; all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,872
וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹתָם לְמַטֵּה רְאוּבֵן שַׁמּוּעַ בֶּן־זַכּֽוּר
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Verse 5ה׳Standard1,215
לְמַטֵּה שִׁמְעוֹן שָׁפָט בֶּן־חוֹרִֽי
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Verse 6ו׳Standard363
לְמַטֵּה יְהוּדָה כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּֽה
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Verse 7ז׳Standard1,166
לְמַטֵּה יִשָּׂשכָר יִגְאָל בֶּן־יוֹסֵֽף
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
Verse 8ח׳Standard954
לְמַטֵּה אֶפְרָיִם הוֹשֵׁעַ בִּן־נֽוּן
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
Verse 9ט׳Standard704
לְמַטֵּה בִנְיָמִן פַּלְטִי בֶּן־רָפֽוּא
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
Verse 10י׳Standard359
לְמַטֵּה זְבוּלֻן גַּדִּיאֵל בֶּן־סוֹדִֽי
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain. The portion boundaries are Sefaria's Parasha structure, checked against our own index to cover every verse of the Torah exactly once.