Deuteronomy 1:25

23 “The plan pleased me well; so ^aI took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.

24 ^aAnd they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

25 They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought back word to us, saying, ‘It is a ^agood land which the Lord our God is giving us.’

26 ^a“Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God;

27 and you ^acomplained in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord ^bhates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28 Where can we go up? Our brethren have¹ discouraged our hearts, saying, ^a“The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the ^bAnakim there.” ’

29 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, ^aor afraid of them.

30 ^aThe Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

31 and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a ^aman carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

32 Yet, for all that, ^ayou did not believe the Lord your God,

33 ^awho went in the way before you ^bto search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day.

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34 “And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and was angry, ^aand took an oath, saying,

35 ^a‘Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I¹ swore to give to your fathers,

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 1:25

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American Standard Version
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

Amplified® Bible
And 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 the Lord our God gives us.

Contemporary English Version
and even brought back some of the fruit. They said, "The LORD our God is giving us good land."

Darby English Version
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hand, and brought it down unto us, and brought us answer, and said, The land is good that Jehovah our God hath given us.

Good News Bible
They brought us back some fruit they found there, and reported that the land which the LORD our God was giving us was very fertile.

King James Version
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

New American Standard Bible
"Then they took {some} of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought us back a report and said, `It is a good land which the LORD our God is about to give us.'

New International Version
Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, "It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us."

New King James Version
They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought back word to us, saying, ‘It is a good land which the LORD our God is giving us.’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Then they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought us back a report and said, 'It appears a good land which the LORD our God will soon give us.'

Revised Standard Version
And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, 'It is a good land which the LORD our God gives us.'

Young's Literal Translation
and they take with their hand of the fruit of the land, and bring down unto us, and bring us back word, and say, Good is the land which Jehovah our God is giving to us.

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The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion

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