Deuteronomy 1:23
What does Deuteronomy 1:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 1:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.
Context
v.22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.
v.23This passage
v.24and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 13:3
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
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