Week 52, Day 3: The 12 Spies
Today’s Reading: Numbers 13:1-33
Some thoughts from today’s reading…
From the wilderness of Paran Moses is instructed to send out spies into the land of Canaan. Moses is to send men who are leaders in each tribe. So these spies are not just any twelve men. They are leaders among their tribe. This adds weight to what happens when they return and give the report about how large and well fortified the cities are and about the size of the people in the land. So these leaders are saying that the land is formidable. You can imagine the impact that such a report would have on the people before we go onto the next chapter.
What did the spies find. They found that the land was certainly a land flowing with milk and honey (vs 27). The cluster of grapes they cut was carried between two men. This is impressive to thing of because it impresses one with the size of this cluster of grapes to take two men to carry it. They also found the Nephilim were in the land (or sons of Anak). These were the giants such as Goliath.
Question: What tribes were Caleb and Joshua from?
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