“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.”
Send one leader from each ancestral tribe' — twelve men, one per tribe, democratizes the scouting mission and ensures that when the report comes back, all Israel is represented in the reconnaissance. The leadership of each tribe guarantees the report will carry weight in the community's deliberation.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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