⁹ Then he remembered his dreams^(A) about them and said to them, “You are spies!^(B) You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”^(C)

² “Send some men to explore^(A) the land of Canaan,^(B) which I am giving to the Israelites.^(C) From each ancestral tribe^(D) send one of its leaders.”

¹⁶ These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore^(A) the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun^(B) the name Joshua.)^(C)

¹⁷ When Moses sent them to explore Canaan,^(D) he said, “Go up through the Negev^(E) and on into the hill country.^(F)

² Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai,^(A) which is near Beth Aven^(B) to the east of Bethel,^(C) and told them, “Go up and spy out^(D) the region.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

² So the Danites^(A) sent five of their leading men^(B) from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out^(C) the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, “Go, explore the land.”^(D)

So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah,^(E) where they spent the night.