Deuteronomy 1:24
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
Deuteronomy 1:24 in other translations
| BSB | They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | ‘And they turn and go up to the hill-country, and come in unto the valley of Eshcol, and spy it, |
| DARBY | And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. |
| BBE | And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there. |
| Webster | And they turned and ascended the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and explored it. |
What does Deuteronomy 1:24 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 1:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 1:24
- Numbers 13:21-27
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. …
- 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. And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
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Context
- 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 1:25
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.
Deuteronomy 1:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y se encaminaron, y subieron al monte, y llegaron hasta la arroyada de Escol, y reconocieron la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils se tournèrent, et montèrent dans la montagne, et vinrent jusqu’au torrent d’Eshcol, et explorèrent le pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie wandten sich und zogen ins Gebirge hinauf, und sie kamen bis zum Tale Eskol und kundschafteten es aus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui cum perrexissent, et ascendissent in montana, venerunt usque ad Vallem botri: et considerata terra, |