Deu 1:31 | JFB | STEP | 22-33. ye came ... and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land-- The proposal to despatch spies emanated from the people through unbelief; but Moses, believing them sincere, gave his cordial assent to this measure, and God on being consulted permitted them to follow the suggestion (see on ). The issue proved disastrous to them, only through their own sin and folly.

‏ Deuteronomy 1:31

22-33. ye came ... and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land--The proposal to despatch spies emanated from the people through unbelief; but Moses, believing them sincere, gave his cordial assent to this measure, and God on being consulted permitted them to follow the suggestion (see on Nu 13:1). The issue proved disastrous to them, only through their own sin and folly.