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What does Numbers 13:10 mean?
"Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi."
— Numbers 13:10 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
Explanation
Numbers 13:10 simply records a name: Gaddiel, son of Sodi, identified as the representative chosen from the tribe of Zebulun. The verse is one line within a longer list (Numbers 13:4-15) naming the twelve men Moses sent to scout the land of Canaan, one leader chosen from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. Nothing else is said about Gaddiel elsewhere in Scripture; he is not mentioned again by name, and no details of his personal history, character, or fate are given beyond this listing and his participation in the spying mission described in the rest of Numbers 13-14.
The context is important for understanding why this list exists at all. After the Israelites had traveled from Egypt through the wilderness to the edge of the Promised Land, the Lord instructed Moses to send one
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