Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 13:17:

• Kupsabiny: “When Moses was sending those people off, he said to them, ‘Leave here and go to the side/direction of North and arrive in the wilderness of Negev, and head towards the mountains.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “When Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, he spoke [to them] like this, "Go up from here, from the southern area called the Negev to the hill country,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Before Moises caused- them -to-go to spy Canaan, he said to them, ‘You (plur.) go towards-north and go to Negev, and go-straight to the mountains.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Before Moses/I sent them to explore Canaan, he/I said to them, ‘Go through the southern part of Canaan, and then go north into the hilly area.” (Source: Translation for Translators)