Deuteronomy 1:22

And ye came near unto me all of you, and said Let us send men before us, that they may search out for us the land,—and bring us back word, the way by which we must go up, and the cities whereinto we must enter,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21See thou—Yahweh thy God hath set before thee the land,—go up—take possession as Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath spoken unto thee, do not fear, neither be dismayed.

23And the thing, was good in mine eyes,—so I took from among you twelve men, one man for each tribe.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:1Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:20-46

Israel's Sin at Kadesh. ( b. c. 1451.) 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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