Numbers 13:1-20
THE SENDING OF THE SPIES... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SENDING OF THE SPIES... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Send thou men that they may search the land of Canaan, explore and inspect it from every angle, which I give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. The men were not to be identical with the princes of the tribes, as named Numbe... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses, by the commandment of the Lord, sent them from the Wilderness of Paran; for their camp at that time was on the southern border of the Land of Promise. ALL THOSE MEN WERE HEADS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, chosen from the officers-of the tribes, since they seemed especially endowed for the w... [ Continue Reading ]
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, the son of Hori.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, the son of Joseph.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, the son of Nun.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Benjamin, Paiti, the son of Baphu.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son of Gemalli.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Asher, Sethus, the son of Michael.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, the son of Vophsi.... [ Continue Reading ]
of the tribe of Gad, Geuel, the son of Machi.... [ Continue Reading ]
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea, the son of Nun, Jehoshua, the change being from the simple word "help" to the more complete and comforting "help of Jehovah," "he whose help is Jehovah. " This fact is recorded in this connection, since the... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, to get all the information possible regarding the land, the products, the cities, the industries, the inhabitants, and whatever other matters they might find interesting, AND SAID UNTO THEM, GET YOU UP THIS WAY SOUTHWARD, AND GO UP INTO THE MOUNTAIN... [ Continue Reading ]
and see the land, what it is, in what condition as to soil and cultivation it was; AND THE PEOPLE THAT DWELLETH THEREIN, WHETHER THEY HE STRONG, valiant and courageous, OR WEAK, timid and faint-hearted, FEW OR MANY;... [ Continue Reading ]
and what the land is that they dwell in, also in regard to climate, WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD; AND WHAT CITIES THEY BE THAT THEY DWELL IN, WHETHER IN TENTS OR IN STRONGHOLDS, in open camps or in permanent, fortified towns and cities;... [ Continue Reading ]
and what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, namely, so far as fertility of the soil was concerned, WHETHER THERE BE WOOD THEREIN, OR NOT; for the forests of a land are a very important item in its material prosperity. AND BE YE OF GOOD COURAGE, they should attend to the work entrusted to them w... [ Continue Reading ]
So they went up and searched the land from the Wilderness of Zin, as the northern end of the Wilderness of Paran was called, UNTO REHOB, AS MEN COME TO HAMATH, in the extreme northern part of Canaan, not far from Laish, which was later known as Dan. After this general statement a more detailed accou... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EXPLORATION OF THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT... [ Continue Reading ]
And they ascended by the south, after leaving the camp of the Israelites, AND CAME UNTO HEBRON; WHERE AHIMAN, SHESHAI, AND TALMAI, THE CHILDREN OF ANAK, WERE. (NOW HEBRON WAS BUILT SEVEN YEARS BEFORE ZOAN IN EGYPT.) These three princes of the Anakim were descendants of Arbah, the founder of Hebron,... [ Continue Reading ]
And they came unto the brook, or valley, OF ESHCOL, north of Hebron, AND CUT DOWN FROM THENCE A BRANCH WITH ONE CLUSTER OF GRAPES (this was undoubtedly an incident of their return trip), AND THEY BARE IT BETWEEN TWO UPON A STAFF, for its great weight made this necessary; AND THEY BROUGHT OF THE POME... [ Continue Reading ]
The place was called the brook, or valley, ESHCOL (grape-cluster), BECAUSE OF THE CLUSTER OF GRAPES WHICH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CUT DOWN FROM THENCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, to whom they officially reported their return, AND TO ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, who assembled when the news of their return was spread, UNTO THE WILDERNESS OF PARAN, TO KADESH, where the encampment of the Israelites was, AND BROUGH... [ Continue Reading ]
And they told him, Moses, in their official report, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, a clever phrase by which the responsibility is placed upon Moses, AND SURELY IT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY, Exodus 3:8; AND THIS IS THE FRUIT OF IT, they had visible evidence of the extraord... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless, and here the glowing report is rapidly tempered by the element of personal feelings which the majority of the spies introduced, THE PEOPLE BE STRONG THAT DWELL IN THE LAND, both in numbers and in courage, not to speak of physical strength, AND THE CITIES ARE WALLED AND VERY GREAT, migh... [ Continue Reading ]
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and by the coast of Jordan. Cf Genesis 36:12; Genesis 10:15; Genesis 13:7. No sooner, however, had this majority report been made than a ve... [ Continue Reading ]
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, for the form and the tendency of the spies' report naturally produced great excitement, and said, LET US GO UP AT ONCE AND POSSESS IT; FOR WE ARE WELL ABLE TO OVERCOME IT. Thus Caleb voiced the opinion of himself and Joshua.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. Their cowardly hearts measured outward numbers only, seeing nothing but obstacles on every hand, forgetting entirely the almighty power of the Lord and His gracious promises.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have gone to search it is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof, its position and its fertility made it so desirable as a possession that the inhabitants, in... [ Continue Reading ]
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. Thus the exaggerations of the cowards rose to a climax in this last extravagant statement, their purpose being to fill the hearts of all the people wi... [ Continue Reading ]