Deuteronomio 1:22

22 Entonces todos vosotros os acercasteis a mí, y dijisteis: "Enviemos hombres delante de nosotros, que nos exploren la tierra, y nos traigan noticia del camino por el cual hemos de subir y de las ciudades a las cuales entraremos."

Deuteronomio 1:22 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:22

And ye came near unto me everyone of you
Not every individual of them, but the heads of their tribes, that represented them; this is not to be understood of the present generation personally, but of their fathers, who all died in the wilderness, save a very few of them; but they being the same people and nation, it is so expressed:

and said, we will send men before us;
that is, they thought it was proper and prudent so to do, and came to Moses to consult him about it; for we are not to suppose that they had determined upon it, whether he approved of it or not:

and they shall search us out the land:
that they might know what sort of land it was, whether good or bad, fruitful or not, and whether woody or not: see ( Numbers 13:19 Numbers 13:20 )

and bring us word again by what way we must go up;
or, "concerning the way ^F13 in which we must go"; which is the best way of entering it, most easy and accessible, where the passes are most open and least dangerous:

and into what cities we shall come;
which it would be the most proper to attack and subdue first.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (Krdh ta) , "de via", Noldius, p. 117. No. 594. so the Arabic version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Deuteronomio 1:22 In-Context

20 Y os dije: "Habéis llegado a la región montañosa de los amorreos que el SEÑOR nuestro Dios va a darnos.

21 "Mira, Israel, el SEÑOR tu Dios ha puesto la tierra delante de ti; sube, toma posesión de ella, como el SEÑOR, el Dios de tus padres, te ha dicho. No temas ni te acobardes."

22 Entonces todos vosotros os acercasteis a mí, y dijisteis: "Enviemos hombres delante de nosotros, que nos exploren la tierra, y nos traigan noticia del camino por el cual hemos de subir y de las ciudades a las cuales entraremos."

23 Y me agradó el plan, y tomé a doce hombres de entre vosotros, un hombre por cada tribu.

24 Y ellos partieron y subieron a la región montañosa, y llegaron hasta el valle de Escol, y reconocieron la tierra.