seekeroftruth
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Deuteronomy 1:19 Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea. 20 Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. 21 See, the Lord your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”
23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe. 24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it. 25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, “It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.”
22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”
23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe. 24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it. 25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, “It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.”
Moses is reminding those who are still around, as well as the young men who are going to cross the Jordan, about what happened some 38 years before.
Here's the commentary from the blueletterbible.org site.
Significantly, Moses didn't mention the evil report of the unbelieving spies (Numbers 13:28-29). It is almost as if the memory was so painful that Moses wouldn't even deal with it.
It was enough that the nation of Israel had the report from the godly spies, Joshua and Caleb. In addition to that, all the twelve spies were united on saying "It is a good land which the LORD our God is giving us" (Numbers 13:27).
It was enough that the nation of Israel had the report from the godly spies, Joshua and Caleb. In addition to that, all the twelve spies were united on saying "It is a good land which the LORD our God is giving us" (Numbers 13:27).
This comes from bibletrack.org.
Here's a sad time in Israel's history. We first saw the incident in Numbers 13 upon the return of the spies. The subsequent rebellion in Numbers 14 sealed their fate for the next 38+ years. They sent the spies into Canaan, but upon their return with land specimens and stories of their forty days away from home, the people were afraid to go into Canaan. What's worse, they murmured and threatened the lives of Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Caleb on that occasion. One new item that we see in this passage of scripture that we did not get from Numbers is the fact that it was the peoples' idea to send the spies into Canaan rather than just go on in and possess it . But Moses points out in verse 26, "Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God." That gives us an idea of God's longsuffering; he tolerated their negotiations with Moses, but did not tolerate their ultimate refusal to go into Canaan at that time.
This comes from the easy English site.
Moses reminded the Israelites about their first journey. They went from Mount Sinai to the borders of the country called Canaan. Kadesh Barnea was the town on the border. Moses told them to ‘possess the country’. Those words appear over 50 times in the book. If the Israelites gave proper honour to God, they would not need to be afraid of anyone. They sent 12 men out to discover more about the country. One man came from each tribe. That story is in the Book of Numbers chapters 13 and 14. Eshcol is a valley to the north of the town called Hebron. Eshcol is famous because of the quality of its grapes.
Well it's time for another map!
