- Deuteronomy 1:22
וַתִּקְרְבוּן אֵלַי כֻּלְּכֶם וַתֹּאמְרוּ נִשְׁלְחָה אֲנָשִׁים לְפָנֵינוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ־לָנוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְיָשִׁבוּ אֹתָנוּ דָּבָר אֶת־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר נַעֲלֶה־בָּהּ וְאֵת הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר נָבֹא אֲלֵיהֶן׃
Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send agents ahead to reconnoiter the land for us and bring back word on the route we shall follow and the cities we shall come to.”
Targum Onkelos
וּקְרֵיבְתּוּן לְוָתִי כּוּלְּכוֹן וַאֲמַרְתּוּן נִשְׁלַח גּוּבְרִין קֳדָמַנָא וִיאַלְּלוּן לַנָא יָת אַרְעָא וְיָתִיבוּן יָתַנָא פִּתְגָמָא יָת אוֹרְחָא דְּנִסַּק בַּהּ וְיָת קִרְוַיָּא דְּנֵיעוֹל לְהוֹן׃
You approached me, all of you, and said, ‘‘Let us send men ahead of us to spy out the land for us, and let them bring back word to us: the route we are to go up on and the cities we will be coming to.’’
- Deuteronomy 1:23
וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינַי הַדָּבָר וָאֶקַּח מִכֶּם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אֲנָשִׁים אִישׁ אֶחָד לַשָּׁבֶט׃
I approved of the plan, and so I selected twelve of you, one representative from each tribe.
Targum Onkelos
וּשְׁפַר בְּעֵינַי פִּתְגָמָא וּדְבַרִית מִנְּכוֹן תְּרֵי עֲשַׂר גּוּבְרִין גּוּבְרָא חַד לְשִׁבְטָא׃
The idea pleased me, so I took from you twelve men, one man per tribe.
- Deuteronomy 1:24
וַיִּפְנוּ וַיַּעֲלוּ הָהָרָה וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־נַחַל אֶשְׁכֹּל וַיְרַגְּלוּ אֹתָהּ׃
They made for the hill country, came to the wadi Eshcol, and spied it out.
Targum Onkelos
וְאִתְפְּנִיאוּ וּסְלִיקוּ לְטוּרָא וַאֲתוֹ עַד נַחְלָא דְּאֶתְכָּלָא וְאַלִּילוּ יָתַהּ׃
They turned and went uphill and arrived at Wadi Eshkol, and they spied it out.
- Deuteronomy 1:25
וַיִּקְחוּ בְיָדָם מִפְּרִי הָאָרֶץ וַיּוֹרִדוּ אֵלֵינוּ וַיָּשִׁבוּ אֹתָנוּ דָבָר וַיֹּאמְרוּ טוֹבָה הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נֹתֵן לָנוּ׃
They took some of the fruit of the land with them and brought it down to us. And they gave us this report: “It is a good land that the ETERNAL our God is giving to us.”
Targum Onkelos
וּנְסִיבוּ בְיַדְהוֹן מֵאִבָּא דְּאַרְעָא וַאֲחִיתוּ לַנָא וַאֲתִיבוּ יָתַנָא פִּתְגָמָא וַאֲמַרוּ טָבָא אַרְעָא דַּייָ אֱלָהַנָא יָהֵיב לַנָא׃
They took in their hand some fruit of the land and brought [it] down to us. They brought back word to us and said, ‘‘Good is the land that Adonoy, our God, is giving us.’’
- Deuteronomy 1:26
וְלֹא אֲבִיתֶם לַעֲלֹת וַתַּמְרוּ אֶת־פִּי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם׃
Yet you refused to go up, and flouted the command of the ETERNAL your God.
Targum Onkelos
וְלָא אֲבֵיתוּן לְמִסַּק וְסָרֵיבְתּוּן עַל מֵימְרָא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן׃
But you were unwilling to go up, and you defied [were rebellious against the word of] Adonoy, your God.
- Deuteronomy 1:27
וַתֵּרָגְנוּ בְאׇהֳלֵיכֶם וַתֹּאמְרוּ בְּשִׂנְאַת יְהֹוָה אֹתָנוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לָתֵת אֹתָנוּ בְּיַד הָאֱמֹרִי לְהַשְׁמִידֵנוּ׃
You sulked in your tents and said, “It is out of hatred for us that GOD brought us out of the land of Egypt, to hand us over to the Amorites to wipe us out.
Targum Onkelos
וְאִתְרָעַמְתּוּן בְּמַשְׁכְּנֵיכוֹן וַאֲמַרְתּוּן בִּדְשָׂנֵי יְיָ יָתַנָא אַפְּקַנָא מֵאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרָיִם לְמִמְסַר יָתַנָא בִּידָא דֶּאֱמוֹרָאָה לְשֵׁיצָיוּתַנָא׃
You grumbled in your tents and said, ‘‘Because of Adonoy’s hatred of us, He took us out of the land of Egypt to put us in the hand of the Emorite to destroy us.
- Deuteronomy 1:28
אָנָה ׀ אֲנַחְנוּ עֹלִים אַחֵינוּ הֵמַסּוּ אֶת־לְבָבֵנוּ לֵאמֹר עַם גָּדוֹל וָרָם מִמֶּנּוּ עָרִים גְּדֹלֹת וּבְצוּרֹת בַּשָּׁמָיִם וְגַם־בְּנֵי עֲנָקִים רָאִינוּ שָׁם׃
What kind of place are we going to? Our brothers have taken the heart out of us, saying, ‘We saw there a people stronger and taller than we, large cities with walls sky-high, and even Anakites.’”
Targum Onkelos
לְאָן אֲנַחְנָא סָלְקִין אֲחַנָא תְּבַרוּ יָת לִבַּנָא לְמֵימַר עַם רַב וְתַקִּיף מִנַּנָא קִרְוִין רַבְרְבָן וּכְרִיכָן עַד צֵית שְׁמַיָּא וְאַף בְּנֵי גִּבָּרָא חֲזֵינָא תַּמָּן׃
Where are we going up to? Our brothers have shattered our hopes [broken our hearts] by saying, ‘A people greater and more powerful than we, cities great and fortified sky-high, and also descendants of the Anakim [giants]—did we see there.’’’
- Deuteronomy 1:29
וָאֹמַר אֲלֵכֶם לֹא־תַעַרְצוּן וְלֹא־תִירְאוּן מֵהֶם׃
I said to you, “Have no dread or fear of them.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרִית לְכוֹן לָא תִתַּבְרוּן וְלָא תִדְחֲלוּן מִנְּהוֹן׃
I said to you, ‘‘Do not crumble [be broken (hearted)] and do not fear them.
- Deuteronomy 1:30
יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם הַהֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם הוּא יִלָּחֵם לָכֶם כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אִתְּכֶם בְּמִצְרַיִם לְעֵינֵיכֶם׃
None other than the ETERNAL your God, who goes before you, will fight for you—just as [God] did for you in Egypt before your very eyes,
Targum Onkelos
יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן דִּמְדַבַּר קֳדָמֵיכוֹן מֵימְרֵיהּ יְגִיחַ לְכוֹן כְּכֹל דַּעֲבַד עִמְּכוֹן בְּמִצְרַיִם לְעֵינֵיכוֹן׃
Adonoy, your God, who goes before you [leads you], He will wage war for you, as in everything that He did with you in Egypt before your eyes;
- Deuteronomy 1:31
וּבַמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתָ אֲשֶׁר נְשָׂאֲךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂא־אִישׁ אֶת־בְּנוֹ בְּכׇל־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר הֲלַכְתֶּם עַד־בֹּאֲכֶם עַד־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה׃
and in the wilderness, where you saw how the ETERNAL your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you traveled until you came to this place.
Targum Onkelos
וּבְמַדְבְּרָא דַּחֲזֵיתָא דְּסוֹבְרָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ כְּמָא דִּמְסוֹבַר גּוּבְרָא יָת בְּרֵיהּ בְּכָל אוֹרְחָא דְּהַלֵּיכְתּוּן עַד מֵיתֵיכוֹן עַד אַתְרָא הָדֵין׃
and in the wilderness, as you have seen, (where) Adonoy, your God, carried you the way a man carries his son all along the road you went until you arrived at this place.
- Deuteronomy 1:32
וּבַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֵינְכֶם מַאֲמִינִם בַּיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם׃
Yet for all that, you have no faith in the ETERNAL your God,
Targum Onkelos
וּבְפִתְגָמָא הָדֵין לֵיתֵיכוֹן מְהֵימְנִין בְּמֵימְרָא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן׃
Yet in this matter, you do not trust [the word of] Adonoy, your God,
- Deuteronomy 1:33
הַהֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם בַּדֶּרֶךְ לָתוּר לָכֶם מָקוֹם לַחֲנֹתְכֶם בָּאֵשׁ ׀ לַיְלָה לַרְאֹתְכֶם בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר תֵּלְכוּ־בָהּ וּבֶעָנָן יוֹמָם׃
who goes before you on your journeys—to scout the place where you are to encamp—in fire by night and in cloud by day, in order to guide you on the route you are to follow.”
Targum Onkelos
דִּמְדַבַּר קֳדָמֵיכוֹן בְּאוֹרְחָא לְאַתְקָנָא לְכוֹן אֲתַר בֵּית מִשְׁרֵי לְאַשְׁרָיוּתְכוֹן בְּעַמּוּדָא דְּאִישָׁתָא בְּלֵילְיָא לְאַחְזָיוּתְכוֹן בְּאוֹרְחָא דִּתְהָכוּן בַּהּ וּבְעַמּוּדָא דַּעֲנָנָא בִּימָמָא׃
Who has been going ahead of you [leading you] on the road to seek [prepare] for you a place to encamp; with the [pillar of] fire at night to show you the way for you to go on, and with the [pillar of] cloud by day.
- Deuteronomy 1:34
וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהֹוָה אֶת־קוֹל דִּבְרֵיכֶם וַיִּקְצֹף וַיִּשָּׁבַע לֵאמֹר׃
Upon hearing your loud complaint, GOD became angry and vowed:
Targum Onkelos
וּשְׁמִיעַ קֳדָם יְיָ יָת קָל פִּתְגָמֵיכוֹן וּרְגֵיז וְקַיֵּים לְמֵימַר׃
[Before] Adonoy [was] heard the intent of your words and angrily swore, to say:
- Deuteronomy 1:35
אִם־יִרְאֶה אִישׁ בָּאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה הַדּוֹר הָרָע הַזֶּה אֵת הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לָתֵת לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם׃
Not one of those involved, this evil generation, shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers—
Targum Onkelos
אִם יִחְזֵי גְּבַר בְּגוּבְרַיָּא הָאִלֵּין דָּרָא בִּישָׁא הָדֵין יָת אַרְעָא טָבְתָא דְּקַיֵּימִית לְמִתַּן לַאֲבָהָתְכוֹן׃
‘‘That [no] man will see—of these men, this wicked generation—the good land that I swore to give to your forefathers.
- Deuteronomy 1:36
זוּלָתִי כָּלֵב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּה הוּא יִרְאֶנָּה וְלוֹ־אֶתֵּן אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר דָּרַךְ־בָּהּ וּלְבָנָיו יַעַן אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּא אַחֲרֵי יְהֹוָה׃
none except Caleb son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and his descendants will I give the land on which he set foot, because he remained loyal to GOD.—
Targum Onkelos
אֱלָהֵין כָּלֵב בַּר יְפֻנֶּה הוּא יִחְזֵינַהּ וְלֵיהּ אֶתֵּין יָת אַרְעָא דִּדְרַךְ בַּהּ וְלִבְנוֹהִי חֲלָף דְּאַשְׁלֵים בָּתַר דַּחְלְתָא דַּייָ׃
Except for Koleiv ben Yefuneh, who will see it, and to whom I will give the land that he trod upon and to his sons, because he perfected himself [was complete] in fear of Adonoy.’’
- Deuteronomy 1:37
גַּם־בִּי הִתְאַנַּף יְהֹוָה בִּגְלַלְכֶם לֵאמֹר גַּם־אַתָּה לֹא־תָבֹא שָׁם׃
Because of you GOD was incensed with me too, saying: You shall not enter it either.
Targum Onkelos
אַף עֲלַי הֲוָה רְגַז מִן קֳדָם יְיָ בְּדִילְכוֹן לְמֵימַר אַף אַתְּ לָא תֵּיעוֹל לְתַמָּן׃
Also at [against] me was Adonoy angry because of you, to say, ‘‘You, too, will not arrive there.
- Deuteronomy 1:38
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן הָעֹמֵד לְפָנֶיךָ הוּא יָבֹא שָׁמָּה אֹתוֹ חַזֵּק כִּי־הוּא יַנְחִלֶנָּה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
Joshua son of Nun, who attends you, he shall enter it. Imbue him with strength, for he shall allot it to Israel.—
Targum Onkelos
יְהוֹשֻעַ בַּר נוּן דְּקָאֵים קֳדָמָךְ הוּא יֵיעוֹל לְתַמָּן יָתֵיהּ תַּקֵּיף אֲרֵי הוּא יַחְסְנִנַּהּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל׃
Yehoshua son of Nun, who attends you, he will arrive there. Encourage him, for he will apportion it to Yisroel.