Deuteronomy 1:22
20 I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
21 See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
23 The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
- KJV
- And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
- WEB
- You came near to me, everyone of you, and said, “Let’s send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come.”
- ASV
- And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.
- DARBY
- And ye came near to me all of you, and said, We will send men before us, who shall examine the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and of the cities to which we shall come.
- BLB
- And you⁺ all came near to me and said, “Let us send men before us, and let them search out for us the land, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up into it, and of the cities into which we shall come.”
- ÅB
- Da kom dere til meg alle sammen og sa: La oss sende folk i forveien for oss, så de kan utspeide landet for oss og gi oss beskjed om hva vei vi skal dra dit opp, og hva byer vi kommer til!
- OTB
- "Da kom dere alle til meg og sa: 'La oss sende menn foran oss for å utforske landet og bringe tilbake en rapport om veien vi skal ta og byene vi vil komme til.'
- B1930
- Da kom I til mig alle sammen og sa: La oss sende folk i forveien for oss, så de kan utspeide landet for oss og gi oss beskjed om hvad vei vi skal dra dit op, og hvad byer vi kommer til!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 13:1–20
And the LORD said to Moses,
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