Bible Cross References
sent me
Numbers 13:6
Numbers 13:16-20
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These are the spies Moses sent to explore the land. He changed the name of Hoshea son of Nun to Joshua.
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When Moses sent them out, he said to them, "Go north from here into the southern part of the land of Canaan and then on into the hill country.
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Find out what kind of country it is, how many people live there, and how strong they are.
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Find out whether the land is good or bad and whether the people live in open towns or in fortified cities.
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Find out whether the soil is fertile and whether the land is wooded. And be sure to bring back some of the fruit that grows there." (It was the season when grapes were beginning to ripen.)
I brought
Numbers 13:26-33
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to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had brought.
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They told Moses, "We explored the land and found it to be rich and fertile; and here is some of its fruit.
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But the people who live there are powerful, and their cities are very large and well fortified. Even worse, we saw the descendants of the giants there.
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Amalekites live in the southern part of the land; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and Canaanites live by the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan River."
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Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against Moses, and said, "We should attack now and take the land; we are strong enough to conquer it."
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But the men who had gone with Caleb said, "No, we are not strong enough to attack them; the people there are more powerful than we are."
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So they spread a false report among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said, "That land doesn't even produce enough to feed the people who live there. Everyone we saw was very tall,
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and we even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that is how we must have looked to them."
Numbers 14:6-10
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And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of the spies, tore their clothes in sorrow
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and said to the people, "The land we explored is an excellent land.
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If the LORD is pleased with us, he will take us there and give us that rich and fertile land.
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Do not rebel against the LORD and don't be afraid of the people who live there. We will conquer them easily. The LORD is with us and has defeated the gods who protected them; so don't be afraid."
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The whole community was threatening to stone them to death, but suddenly the people saw the dazzling light of the LORD's presence appear over the Tent.