Deu 1:24-29 | ESV | STEP | And they turned and went up into the hill country , and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out .

Deuteronomy 1:24-29

24 And ^athey turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out. 25 And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.’

26 “Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. 27 And ^byou murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord ^chated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, ^dto give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28 Where are we going up? ^eOur brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, ^f“The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen ^gthe sons of the Anakim there.”’ 29 Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.