Verse Lens · Context pointer
Numbers 13:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
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Role in This Section
Numbers 13:9 within “Twelve Named Tribal Leaders Are Sent to Explore,” records the counted person, group, total, or qualification in this clause; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
Read It With
- Numbers 13:1–16
Read Numbers 13:9 with 13:1–16. It within “Twelve Named Tribal Leaders Are Sent to Explore,” records the counted person, group, total, or qualification in this clause; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: The LORD commands Moses to send one leader from each ancestral tribe to explore Canaan; the text lists all twelve and notes Moses' renaming of Hoshea as Joshua.
Why It Needs Context
Numbers 13:9 within “Twelve Named Tribal Leaders Are Sent to Explore,” records the counted person, group, total, or qualification in this clause; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. Its responsible force depends on 13:1–16; isolated from “Twelve Named Tribal Leaders Are Sent to Explore,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Numbers 13:1–16 — Twelve Named Tribal Leaders Are Sent to ExploreSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 13:1–16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 13:1–16
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