Numbers 13-14
This year, I plan on reading the Old Testament of the Bible within the 2012 calendar year. Follow me on this journey!
Scripture Thought (What I Learned):
Chapter 13: Twelve Spies to the Land of Canaan
The Lord
commands Moses to gather the strongest warrior from each of the Twelve Tribes
of Israel to go out and seek the Land of Canaan.
These
are the Twelve:
1. The Tribe of Reuben: Shammua the
son of Zaccur
2. The Tribe of Simeon: Shaphat the
son of Hori
3. The Tribe of Judah: Caleb the son
of Jephunneh
4. The Tribe of Issachar: Igal the son
of Joseph
5. The Tribe of Ephraim: Oshea the son
of Nun
6. The Tribe of Benjamin: Palti the
son of Raphu
7. The Tribe of Zebulun: Gaddiel the son
of Sodi
8. The Tribe of Joseph, namely the
Tribe of Manasseh: Gaddi the son of Susi
9. The Tribe of Dan: Ammiel the son of
Gemalli
10. The Tribe of Asher: Sethur the son
of Michael
11. The Tribe of Naphtali: Nahbi the
son of Vophsi
12. The Tribe of Gad: Geuel the son of
Machi
These
are the men who went in search for the Land of Canaan. Moses calls Oshea the
son of Nun, Jehoshua. They are commanded to go southward toward the Mountain.
The
twelve travel to the land of Hebron and find only a people of great number and
power. There the sons of Anak dwelt, whose names were: Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai.
Hebron was built 7 years be Zoan in Egypt. The twelve travel back home (after 40
days of searching) with the news, but exclaim that they are stronger, because in
comparison they were as grasshoppers, because of the giant size of these humans.
Chapter 14: Israel Murmurs Against Moses
Israel begins
to Murmur, AGAIN. This time they claim that it would be better for them to turn
around and head back into Egypt. Joshua and Caleb, however give a good report of
the land of Canaan, unlike the "evil" report given in Chapter 13. Moses
tells them, that the adults of the congregation of Israel shall not enter the promised
land (insinuating that they will not go to the land of Canaan right away). Some
rebels in the group, try to go by themselves and are slain by canaanites and amalikites.
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