by Hiram R. Diaz III Numbers 13 & 14 record the event of Moses' sending of the spies. This record is important for us to consider in our day. In what follows, I want to look at the story, and then explain why it is one we should reflect on as we hear apocalyptic prophecy after apocalyptic prophecy coming the secular news media. In Numbers 13, The Lord spoke to Moses, issuing him the following command: "Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them." 1 And this is what Moses did. So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel. 2 The spies saw the promised land, and uniformly spoke about the beauty of the place and its great provisions. At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. And they came to Moses and Aaron and t
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