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Deuteronomy 1:22 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 1 · verse 22
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.Deuteronomy 1:22 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 1:22 in context
20And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
21Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- bringshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- nearqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- sendshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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Moses here makes a large rehearsal of the fatal turn which was given to their affairs by their own sins, and God's wrath, when, from the very borders of Canaan, the honour of conquering it, and the pleasure of possessing it, the whole generation was hurried back into the wilderness, and their carcases fell there.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-46