Deuteronomy 1:24

24 And ¹they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.

Deuteronomy 1:24 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:24

And they turned and went up into the mountain
As they were ordered and directed by Moses, ( Numbers 13:17 )

and came unto the valley of Eshcol;
so called from the cluster of grapes they cut down there, as they returned:

and searched it out;
the whole land, and so were capable of giving a particular account of it.

Deuteronomy 1:24 In-Context

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 I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.

24 And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.

25 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 that the LORD our God is giving us.'

26 "Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

Cross References

• 1. See Numbers 13:22-27