Deuteronomy 1:23
21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
22 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.
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
- KJV
- And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
- WEB
- The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man for every tribe.
- ASV
- And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
- DARBY
- And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.
- BLB
- And the plan was good in my eyes, and I took from among you⁺ twelve men, one man per tribe.
- ÅB
- Dette syntes jeg godt om, og jeg tok ut blant dere tolv menn, én mann for hver stamme.
- OTB
- Planen virket god for meg, så jeg valgte ut tolv av dere, en mann for hver stamme.
- B1930
- Dette syntes jeg godt om, og jeg tok ut blandt eder tolv menn, én mann for hver stamme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 13:3–33
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.
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