Can you tell me which tribe is missing and why?
I was surprised to find this out.
Num 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
:2 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.
:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
:14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.