Deuteronomy 1:25

25 They took in their hands^[a] {some of the fruit}^[b] of the land, and they brought [it] down to us, and they brought to us back {a report},^[c] and they said, 'The land that Yahweh our God [is] giving to us [is] good.'

Deuteronomy 1:25 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:25

And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands
Besides the cluster of grapes, which was carried between two men on a staff; even pomegranates and figs, ( Numbers 13:23 ) ,

and brought it down unto us;
who lay encamped at the bottom of the mountain:

and brought us word again;
what sort of a land it was:

and said, it is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us;
that is, Caleb and Joshua, two of the spies, said this, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it, and so Jarchi; yea, all of them agreed in this, and said at first that it was a land flowing with milk and honey, ( Numbers 13:27 ) .

Deuteronomy 1:25 In-Context

23 The plan was good {in my opinion}, and [so] I took from [among] you twelve men, {one from each tribe}.

24 And they {set out} and {went up into the hill country}, and they went up to the wadi of Eschol, and they spied out [the land].

25 They took in their hands {some of the fruit} of the land, and they brought [it] down to us, and they brought to us back {a report}, and they said, 'The land that Yahweh our God [is] giving to us [is] good.'

26 But you were not willing to go up, and you rebelled against the {command} of Yahweh your God.

27 And you grumbled in your tents, and you said, 'Because of the hatred of Yahweh [toward] us he has brought us out from the land of Egypt to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "hand"
• [b]. Literally "from the fruit"
• [c]. Literally "a word"