Numbers 13:3
“And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.”
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Send thou men, that they may search 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 ruler among them.
And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.”
“And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”
“And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.”
“And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.”
“And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:”