World English Bible
"The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:"
— Deuteronomy 1:23, World English Bible
“And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:”
“And 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:”
I said to you, "You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God gives to us.
Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed."
You came near to me everyone 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 to which we shall come."
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 to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
They took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, "It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to us."
Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God: