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Joshua and Caleb. You can read this in Numbers 13.
The "Spies account" in the Book of Numbers actually involves two different, conflated accounts, each representing a different point of view regarding the Promised Land. In the Yahwist account (Numbers 13:27-29), the spies returned and issued their report to one person (Moses), stating that the land was flowing with milk and honey, but that the inhabitants included some giants and and the cities fortified. In the Priestly account (13:25-26,32-33) the spies returned and issued their report to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. This report stated that Canaan was not only unconquerable, but a land that devours its inhabitants; all the people they saw were giants.
The two spies went into Jericho in approximately 1405 BC.
Numbers, chapter 13.
12, One from each Family/Tribe No spies were sent into Egypt, but you are probably referring to the sending of the spies into Canaan, which was the Promised Land. There were indeed twelve.
One well-known instance of spies in the Bible is found in the book of Numbers, specifically in Numbers 13-14. In this account, twelve spies are sent by Moses to scout out the land of Canaan, which God had promised to give to the Israelites. However, most of the spies gave a negative report and caused the Israelites to doubt God's promise, resulting in them wandering in the wilderness for 40 years.
They were one from each tribe of Israel.
Two (Joshua 2:1)
The spies did not return with a good report of the land.
The spies brought good and bad news, they said the men were giants.
The spies were in Canaan for 40 days:-Num 13:2, 25 WEB (v.2) "Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them." (v.25) They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
Kalev and Joshua