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2017 May 22



Moses and the Messengers from Canaan (1621-1624)
Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
Baroque Style
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
Image Source: Bible Library


SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]


     Explanation: Numbers 13 contains the account of the spies who were sent to search Canaan in preparation for the arrival of the Israelites. The LORD told Moses to choose an elder from every tribe to be a spy; and the account lists them by their tribe (1-16).
     Moses told them to find out what people dwelt in the land, assess their strength, describe the condition of the land, find out whether they lived in tents or strong-holds, discern whether the land was fat or lean, and whether there was wood in it. He told them to be of good courage and bring the fruit of the land (17-20).
     They went throughout the land; and at Eshcol they cut down a large cluster of grapes and gathered pomegranates and figs to bring back (21-24).
     They returned after searching the land for forty days. They displayed the fruit of the land and described it as a land of "milk and honey." However, they also described it as heavily fortified with numerous and strong people (25-29).
     But Caleb quieted the people and encouraged them to go at once to possess the land, saying that they were well able to conquer it. However, most of the other spies said that Israel would not be able to fight against the people of the land because they were too strong. They described the land as "a land that eats up the inhabitants thereof;" and they described the inhabitants as "men of great stature," especially the sons of Anak. To deepen the impression, they said that the Israelites were "as grasshoppers" in their sight (30-33).
     [ Sermons: J Ligon Duncan III. Robert S Rayburn. Various. ]
     [ Illustration: Today's painting illustrates the subject of Numbers 13, the report of the spies who were sent to search out Canaan. ]







RESOURCES

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          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Numbers 13: [1] Deuteronomy 1:22. [2] Numbers 1:5-16. [3] Deuteronomy 1:19. [6] Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6; Joshua 14:14; Genesis 15:19; Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:15. [8] Numbers 1:5-10; Numbers 13:7, 11. [21] Judges 18:28. [22] Joshua 15:14; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 9:2; Numbers 13:33; Psalm 78:12; Genesis 13:18; Genesis 23:2. [23] Genesis 23:19. [30] Numbers 14:6-9; Deuteronomy 1:29. [32] Leviticus 26:38. [33] Genesis 6:4. -- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]




HARMONY OF THE LAW


John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB




GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)




HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES


Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible


Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear


Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible





Pentateuch Detailed Outline:

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Numbers 13


NUMBERS (COVENANT INSTRUCTION CONTINUES: LAWS OF COMMUNITY LIFE)


Note: "It is the only age in the Bible in which miracle is a daily fact of life."
(Richard Elliott Friedman, Commentary on the Torah, [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001, 421)
True of Exodus through Deuteronomy and up to Joshua 5:12.


1. Preparations to Journey from Sinai (Nu 1:1 - Nu 10:10) 1445 B.C. Sinai


a. Instruction & Census to Authenticate Tribal Pedigrees (Nu 1:1 - Nu 2:34) 1445 B.C. Sinai


{Pentateuch Outline: 14. Generations of Aaron & Moses (Nu 3:1 - Dt 34:12) 1445 - 1406 B.C. Sinai}


b. Moses & Aaron Begin the Tabernacle Service (Nu 3:1 - Nu 10:10) 1446-1445 B.C. Sinai


9). The 2 Silver Trumpets (Nu 10:1 - Nu 10:10) - 1445 B.C. Sinai


2. Resumption of the Journeys [Israel Wanders in the Wilderness] (Nu 10:11 - Nu 36:13) 1445 - 1406 B.C. Sinai & Shittim
     {Moses & Aaron Lead the Wilderness Journeys}

a. 2nd Group of Journeys: Sinai to Kadesh Barnea (Nu 10:11 - Nu 14:45) 1445 B.C. Sinai

2). The Incidents Along the Way (Nu 11:1 - Nu 14:45) 1445 B.C. Sinai


     1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
     17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: 18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
     21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. 24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
     25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and bought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
     30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up [ascending let us ascend] at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. 32 And they bought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.




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