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Deuteronomy 1:24

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 1:24 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
Deuteronomy 1:24 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
21Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.
22And ye came near unto me every one 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 unto which we shall come.
23And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
24and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
25And 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 Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
26Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:
27and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they turned and went up into the mountain, etc.] As they were ordered and directed by Moses, (<041317>Numbers 13:17) and came unto the valley of Eshcol; so called from the cluster of grapes they cut down there, as they returned: and searched it out; the whole land, and so were capable of giving a particular account of it.”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Eshcol - That is, of grapes, so called from the goodly cluster of grapes which they brought from thence. Deuteronomy 1:28”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“1:24-25 Eshcol means “cluster”; the fruit grown there was grapes (see Num 13:23-27).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 13:21-27; Jos 2:1, Jos 2:2 Deuteronomy 1:26”
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