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"But you came to me and said, "Let's send men ahead of us to spy out the land, so that they can tell us the best route to take and what kind of cities are there.'
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"That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.
24
They went into the hill country as far as Eshcol Valley and explored it.
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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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.