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After
the people of Israel left Egypt, they came to the borders of
Canaan, the land that Yahweh their
God had promised to them.
Before they entered the land, Moses sent 12 spies to
investigate the land and its people (Num. 13). In a later passage Moses
seems to place responsibility for the spies being sent on the people
of Israel (Deut. 1:22). With the exception of Joshua
and Caleb, the spies brought back a pessimistic report of their
survey of Canaan. To 10 of the spies, the
fortified walls of the Canaanite cities were an overwhelming
obstacle for their conquest of the land (13:28). The spies also were
terrified by the size of the inhabitants of Canaan.
“They said, ‘The land we explored devours those living in
it. All the people we
saw there are of great size.
We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from
the Nephilim). We
seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to
them" (Num. 13:32-33 NIV).
In their exaggeration of the situation, the spies spoke to
the assembly of the leaders of Israel of the terrible predicament
awaiting the people of Israel. The spies added that, in
addition of being people of gigantic stature, the Anakim were the
Nephilim, the dreadful people who lived on earth in the days before
the flood.
Added
10/08/2005
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