Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Deuteronomy 1:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “All of you came to me and said, ‘Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land for us and bring back a report to us regarding the route by which we should go up and the cities we will come to.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then you all came near to me and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us and bring us word again by what way we should go up and the cities into which we shall come. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Then all of you approached me, saying, “Let’s send spies ahead of us—they can check out the land for us. Then they can return with word about the route we should use and bring a report about the cities that we’ll be entering.” Catholic Public Domain Version And you all approached me and said: 'Let us send men who may consider the land, and who may report as to the way by which we ought to ascend, and as to which cities we ought to travel.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you came all to me, and said: Let us send men who may view the land, and bring us word what way we shall go up, and to what cities we shall go. |
Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
The plan seemed good to me, and I selected twelve of you, one from each tribe.