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Deuteronomy 1:24

Brook Eshcol

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.

23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

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.

26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

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BSB
They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
KJV
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
WEB
They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
ASV
and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
DARBY
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
BLB
And they departed and went up into the mountains and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.
ÅB
Og de tok avsted og dro opp i fjellene og kom til Eskol-dalen; og de utspeidet landet.
OTB
De dro opp og gikk inn i fjellandet, og kom til Eshkoldalen og utforsket den.
B1930
Og de tok avsted og drog op i fjellene og kom til Eskol-dalen; og de utspeidet landet.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 13:21–27

    So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

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  • Joshua 2:1–2

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

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