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1. And the LORD spoke to Moses saying,

2. “Send men so that they may scout out the land of Canaan which I give to the children of Israel. You shall send a man from every tribe of their fathers, everyone a leader among them.”

3. And Moses by the command of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran. All those men were heads of the children of Israel.

4. And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

5. Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

6. Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

7. Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

8. Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

9. Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

10. Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

11. Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

12. Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

13. Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

14. Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

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

16. These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to scout out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun, Joshua.

17. And Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way, southward, and go up into the mountain.

18. And see the land, what it is, and the people that live in it, whether it is strong or weak, few or many.

19. And see what the land is that they live in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they dwell in, whether in tents or in strongholds;

20. And what the land is, whether fat or lean, whether there is wood in it or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of first ripe grapes.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 耶和華曉諭摩西：

2. 打發人去探索這塊迦南地，是一早就賜給以色列人的。每支派一人，要精英。

3. 摩西照吩咐，從暫居的巴蘭出發，都是以色列人中的強者。

4. 這些精英及其支派如下：流便支派，出撒刻的兒子沙母亞。

5. 西緬支派，出何利的兒子沙法。

6. 猶大支派，出耶孚尼的兒子迦勒。

7. 以薩迦支派，出約瑟的兒子以甲。

8. 以法蓮支派，出嫩的兒子何西阿。

9. 便憫支派，出拉孚的兒子帕提。

10. 西布倫支派，出梭底的兒子迦疊。

11. 約瑟支派，派出瑪拿西支派中蘇西的兒子迦底。

12. 但支派，出基瑪利的兒子亞米利。

13. 亞設支派，出米迦勒的兒子西帖。

14. 拿弗他利支派，出和弗西的兒子拿比。

15. 迦得支派，出瑪基的兒子基烏利。

16. 上述名單是摩西差派去作前期偵探的人員名單。摩西自己選了嫩的兒子何希阿西阿，賜名約書亞。

 17. 摩西在出發偵測時，吩咐他們：要從南邊上山，潛入山區。

18. 察看那地的情況，審視那處居民是強還是弱，人數多少，

19. 居住的質素是好還是差，好的有如堡壘一般，差的像營帳那類。

20. 了解當地的地質屬於肥沃還是貧瘠，樹木分佈是疏或密。若可以，回來時順帶當地正值葡萄初熟的果子回來。

若是按耶和華在創世時給人自由選擇，把世界全給人，讓人自己按心意去發揮，當時的亞當和夏娃是對生物命名。接著人數因生育多了，就有了家的規模，沒有家規。家訓產生，是在出埃及時出現，因為人多，就像一個國家，有普通法的出現。譯者以行軍表達，像是敵探，有點規模的探測的部署和組織出現。

這支探測隊是之前沒有。是現實的須要。迦南之前人少，現在進入一處已經有不同人等居住的地方，實在須要了解當地的情況，派人去審視一番，成了必要的行動。

這種民眾在生活上種種安排，用以管理一大社群，摩西的安排，是人為，確實有這種必要。管理的重點在和諧，這點確實是耶和華的心意。摩西的處理方式，也許這就是耶和華與人互動的方式。和諧的社會，安排上可以有許多不同表達，目的只有一個，自由中有約制。這種安排是人明白這個道理，順著時勢而為，耶和也不打算直接干預，人該有其自由空間，在心靈中體會，從而作出耶和華的心意的安排。這方式是從埃及的管理借用，加上的為人的指導的十誡精神而來。摩西，知道這是他個人的使命，這番操作是學識加常識，耶和華似乎不曾參與。

The Reconnaissance of Canaan (Numbers 13–14)

The Mission

At God’s command, Moses selected twelve tribal leaders — one from each tribe — and sent them from the Wilderness of Paran (near Kadesh-barnea) to scout the land of Canaan. They were given 40 days to assess:

• The fertility of the land
• The strength and number of its inhabitants
• Whether the cities were open camps or fortified strongholds
• The overall quality of the territory

Their route ran from the Negev in the south up through the hill country, reaching as far north as the Valley of Eshcol near the entrance to Hamath

哈瑪斯 Hamath有趣的參考：

There is no historical, geographical, or linguistic connection between the biblical city of Hamath and the modern political/militant group Hamas. The two terms share no etymological link and refer to entirely distinct entities.

• Biblical Hamath (modern Hama, Syria) is an ancient Aramaean city located on the Orontes River. Its name derives from the Hebrew verb hmh, meaning “to protect or surround,” translating to “fortification” or “citadel.” It served as a northern boundary marker for the biblical land of Israel.
• Hamas is an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement), founded in the late 1980s in Gaza. Its name is Arabic and unrelated to the Semitic root of Hamath.

While some theological commentators draw symbolic parallels between the biblical villain Haman (an Amalekite who sought to annihilate the Jews) and the modern group Hamas due to shared animosity toward Israel, this is a thematic comparison rather than a factual link to the city of Hamath.

事實哈瑪斯確實如其名字的意義：堅固的城堡。不就是打不死也永不投降，如今在加沙被打成廢，依舊在頑強抵抗。

從摩西的作為，正好是一個例子，可以此從他描述與耶和華是如何互動，這是個有趣的課題，神學界沒有這方面的考查及研究，也許你是助信眾如何明白耶和華心意專家不定。