Ulangan 1:23-27

1:23 I thought this was a good idea, ¹  so I sent ²  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. 1:24 They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, ³  which they scouted out. 1:25 Then they took ⁴  some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, “The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good.”

Disobedience at Kadesh Barnea

1:26 You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God. ⁵  1:27 You complained among yourselves privately ⁶  and said, “Because the Lord hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “the thing was good in my eyes.”

[1:23]  ² tn Or “selected” (so NIV, NRSV, TEV); Heb “took.”

[1:24]  ³ tn Or “the Wadi Eshcol” (so NAB).

[1:24]  sn The Eshcol Valley is a verdant valley near Hebron, still famous for its viticulture (cf. Num 13:22-23). The Hebrew name “Eshcol” means “trestle,” that is, the frame on which grape vines grow.

[1:25]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text includes “in their hand,” which is unnecessary and somewhat redundant in English style.

[1:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord your God.” To include “the mouth” would make for odd English style. The mouth stands by metonymy for the Lord’s command, which in turn represents the Lord himself.

[1:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “in your tents,” that is, privately.