Verse 23
Deuteronomy 1:23
New King James Version
23
and the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּיטַ֥ב בְּ/עֵינַ֖/י הַ/דָּבָ֑ר וָ/אֶקַּ֤ח מִ/כֶּם֙ שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֣ר אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד לַ/שָּֽׁבֶט
English Translation
And it was good in my eyes, and I took from you twelve men, one man for each tribe.
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Chapter 1 Context
1
These
be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the p...
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(There are eleven days’
journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
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And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first
day of the month,
that...
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4
After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan...
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5
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
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6
The LORD our God (Elohim) spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
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7
Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all
the places nigh t...
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8
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fa...
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9
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
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10
The LORD your God (Elohim) hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye
are
this day as the stars of heaven...
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11
(The LORD God (Elohim) of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye
are, and bless y...
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12
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
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13
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over...
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14
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good
for us to do.
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15
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over...
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16
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear
the causes
between your brethren, and judge ri...
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17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment;
but
ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall...
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18
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
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19
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye sa...
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20
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God (Elohim)...
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21
Behold, the LORD thy God (Elohim) hath set the land before thee: go up
and possess
it, as the LORD G...
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22
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall sear...
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23
and the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it o...
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25
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought
it down unto us, and brought us w...
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26
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God (Elohi...
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27
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of...
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28
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people
is greater and t...
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29
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
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30
The LORD your God (Elohim) which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he...
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31
And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God (Elohim) bare thee, as a man d...
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32
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God (Elohim),
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33
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents
in, in fire by night,...
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34
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
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35
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to...
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36
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodd...
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37
Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
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38
But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he...
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39
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had...
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40
But
as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
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41
Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, accordi...
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42
And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I
am not among you; lest ye...
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43
So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and we...
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44
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, an...
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45
And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear...
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46
So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode
there.
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