American Standard Version
"And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe: "
— Deuteronomy 1:23, American Standard Version
“And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:”
“The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:”
“I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.”
“And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:”
“And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;”
“And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:”
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.
And 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.
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
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 Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God: