Deuteronomy 1:23 - The Scriptures 2009

²³ “And the matter was good in my eyes, so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ The thing pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, one for each tribe.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

Common English Bible

²³ This idea seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And since the word was pleasing to me, I sent from among you twelve men, one from each tribe.

Deuteronomy 1:23 Cross References

Numbers 13:1

And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

Numbers 32:8

“Thus your fathers did when I sent them away from Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa to see the land.

Deuteronomy 1:22

“And all of you came near to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us, and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we would come.’

Deuteronomy 1:24

“And they turned and went up into the mountains, and came to the wadi Eshkol, and spied it out.