Numbers 13:17 — Meaning and Application

Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

These {are} the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. {Oshea: also called Joshua} {Jehoshua: or, Joshua}

And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this {way} southward, and go up into the mountain:

And see the land, what it {is}; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they {be} strong or weak, few or many;

And what the land {is} that they dwell in, whether it {be} good or bad; and what cities {they be} that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;