Deuteronomy 1:23
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And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:

Deuteronomy 13:3 Thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet or dreamer: for the Lord your God trieth you, that it may appear whether you love him with all your heart, and with all your soul, or not.

Context
Twelve Spies Sent Out
22And you came all to me, and said: Let us send men who may view the land, and bring us word what way we shall go up, and to what cities we shall go. 23And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:24Who, when they had set forward and had gone up to the mountains, came as far as the valley of the cluster: and having viewed the land,…
Cross References
Numbers 13:1
And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying.

Deuteronomy 1:22
And you came all to me, and said: Let us send men who may view the land, and bring us word what way we shall go up, and to what cities we shall go.

Deuteronomy 1:24
Who, when they had set forward and had gone up to the mountains, came as far as the valley of the cluster: and having viewed the land,

Lexicon
The plan
הַדָּבָ֑ר (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

seemed
בְּעֵינַ֖י (bə·‘ê·nay)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

good to me,
וַיִּיטַ֥ב (way·yî·ṭaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

so I selected
וָאֶקַּ֤ח (wā·’eq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

twelve
שְׁנֵ֣ים (šə·nêm)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

men
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

from among you,
מִכֶּם֙ (mik·kem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

one
אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

from each tribe.
לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃ (laš·šā·ḇeṭ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe


Additional Translations
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

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

And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.

And the matter was good in mine eyes; and I took twelve men of you, one man for a tribe.

And the thing pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

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

and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe.
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