King James Version
Deuteronomy 1:24 in the King James Version says “And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.”
Deuteronomy 1:24 · KJV
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
And the saying pleased me well : and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe :
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and went up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto the valley”
H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
“and searched it out”
H7270to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e., slander); to lead about
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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