Deuteronomy 1:23

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22And 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,

24And they turned and went up the hill-country, and entered in as far as the ravine of Eshcol, and explored it.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:3So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh,—all of them, great men, heads of the sons of Israel, were they.

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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