21 See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. (A)Do not fear or be dismayed.’ 22 Then all of you came near me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’ 23 The thing seemed good to me, and (B)I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.

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21 See, the Lord your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. (A)Do not fear or be dismayed.’

22 (B)Then all of you approached me and said, ‘Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may spy out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up, and the cities which we should enter.’ 23 The [a]plan pleased me, and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 1:23 Lit word

21 Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; (A)do not fear or be discouraged.’

22 “And every one 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 shall come.’

23 “The plan pleased me well; so (B)I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.

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