1And the people set out from Hazeroth, and they pitched their tents in the desert of Paran. 2And there, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 3“Send men, who may examine the land of Canaan, which I will give to the sons of Israel, one from the rulers of each tribe.” 4Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending, from the desert of Paran, leading men, whose names are these: 5from the tribe of Ruben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; 6from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 7from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 8from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; 9from the tribe of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Nun; 10from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 11from the tribe of Zebulon, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; 12from the tribe of Joseph, of the scepter of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; 13from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; 14from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
6We have sinned, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity. 7Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even the Red Sea. 8And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power. 9And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert. 10And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained. 12And they believed his words, and they sang his praises. 13As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel. 14And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place. 15And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls. 16And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord. 17The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram. 18And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners. 19And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image. 20And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay. 21They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt: 22miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea. 23And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.