Deuteronomy 1:23
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Deuteronomy 1:23 in other translations
| BSB | The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. |
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| 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: |
| YLT | and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe. |
| DARBY | And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe. |
| BBE | And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe; |
| Webster | And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: |
What does Deuteronomy 1:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 1:22-33
22-33. ye came ... and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land--The proposal to despatch spies emanated from the people through unbelief; but Moses, believing them sincere, gave his cordial assent to this measure, and God on being consulted permitted them to follow the suggestion (see on Nu 13:1). The issue proved disastrous to them, only through their own sin and folly.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:19-46
Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that they were not far from the kingdom of God. As if it were not enough that they were sure of their God before them, they would send men before them. Never any looked into the Holy Land…
Deuteronomy 1:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 1:23
- 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. And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. …
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Context
- Deuteronomy 1:22
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.
- Deuteronomy 1:23
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
- Deuteronomy 1:24
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
Deuteronomy 1:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el dicho me pareció bien: y tomé doce varones de vosotros, un varón por tribu: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et la chose fut bonne à mes yeux, et je pris d’entre vous douze hommes, un homme par tribu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Sache war gut in meinen Augen; und ich nahm aus euch zwölf Männer, je einen Mann für den Stamm. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque mihi sermo placuisset, misi ex vobis duodecim viros, singulos de tribubus suis. |