‏ Numbers 13:2

2Send out men to investigate
tn The imperfect tense with the conjunction is here subordinated to the preceding imperative to form the purpose clause. It can thus be translated “send…to investigate.”
the land of Canaan, which I am giving
tn The participle here should be given a future interpretation, meaning “which I am about to give” or “which I am going to give.”
to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe,
tn Heb “one man one man of the tribe of his fathers.”
each one a leader among them.”
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