Deuteronomy 1:23 “The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, o…”

Deuteronomy 1:23

The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man for every tribe.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.

Darby Translation

And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.

Young's Literal Translation

and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.

Bible in Basic English

And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

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In context

22Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”

24They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.

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