Num. 13:17,25-33.
- At the end of forty days,
the spies Moses sent returned,
- They brought back word to the congregation
and showed them the fruit of the land,
- They reported that the land flowed
with milk and honey,
- But that the people who dwelt in the land were
strong, their cities were fortified and very large,
- “They saw the
descendants of Anak, the Amalekites, the Hittites, the Jebusites and the
Canaanites.
- But Caleb quieted the people and said, “let us go up at
once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it”,
- But the
men who had gone up with them said, “we are not able to go up against the
people, for they are stronger than us”,
- Ten of them brought to the
people an evil report of the land they had spied,
- They claimed that the
land through which they had gone was a land that devoured its inhabitants /
that all the people they saw were men of great stature,
- They also revealed
that they saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak who came from Nephilim)
- They
reported that they were like grasshoppers before the Canaanites and were seen
as such.
Lessons that can be drawn from the incident:
- We should be courageous to tell the truth always,
- A
beautiful place could still have its challenges and flaws/pitfalls, - It
takes faith to believe you can be victorious when you face odds, - Need to
avoid inferiority complex, - Need for people to have high self image/ esteem.
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