Deuteronomy 1:23
And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cumque mihi sermo placuisset, misi ex vobis duodecim viros, singulos de tribubus suis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἤρεσεν ἐναντίον μου τὸ ῥῆμα, καὶ ἔλαβον ἐξ ὑμῶν ιβ᾽ ἄνδρας, ἄνδρα ἕνα κατά φυλήν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּיטַ֥ב בְּעֵינַ֖י הַדָּבָ֑ר וָאֶקַּ֤ח מִכֶּם֙ שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֣ר אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד לַשָּֽׁבֶט
Haydock's commentary
Pleased me. Even Moses was deceived by the appearance of prudence: and God permitted the people to follow the directions of their cowardice, ver. 26, 32. (Chap. ix. 29., and Numbers xiii. 1.) (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.