They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
- BSB They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
- NKJV And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
- NASB Then they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
- NLT They headed for the hill country and came to the valley of Eshcol and explored it.
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Cross-references · 2
- Num 13:21–27So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
- Josh 2:1–2Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
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