Deuteronomy 1:23

23 The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

Deuteronomy 1:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:23

And the saying pleased me well
Taking it to be a rational and prudent scheme, not imagining it was the effect of fear and distrust:

and I took twelve men of you out of a tribe;
whose names are given in ( Numbers 13:4-15 ) .

Deuteronomy 1:23 In-Context

21 Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.

22 You came near to me everyone of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come.

23 The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

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

25 They took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to us.