King James Version
"And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:"
— Deuteronomy 1:23, King James Version
“And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every 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 mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.
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 discouraged.
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.
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched 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 the Lord our God doth give us.
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God: