Numbers 13: 1 – 33

Notes about Numbers 13: 1 – 33:

• Deuteronomy 1:19 -25 provides the procedural details about the mission.
• Fear and discouragement was sounded throughout this account.
• The tribal representation did not include the tribe of Levi’s. (Le-Vee)
• The Levi’s were the priests.
• Instead it included Joseph’s tribe being divided into 2 for his sons Ephraim and Manasseh.
• In Numbers 13:16 – Jesus is Greek for Joshua.
• They had set up camp in the wilderness of Paran in Kadesh Barnea – 50 miles south of the Promised Land.
• 12 men sent into the Promised land – spent 40 days gathering samples of local crops.
• Both good and bad news reported which divides the people
• Spying was a popular military tactic of the day.
• The spies traveled 275 miles north to the territory west of the Jordan River.

• The first area they explored was Negev – Very dry
• Further north was Canaan – Much more fertile – Ideal for milk producing sheep and goats. The flowers and plants produced pollen for the bees to turn into honey.
• This was 2 years after leaving Egypt. They had found the Promised Land but continued to be fearful. Lack of faith.
• For their lack of faith, they had to wander one year for each day they had gone on the mission. 40 years.
• They didn’t believe they could go against the giants.
• The Nephilim were mentioned one other time in the Bible. Genesis 6:4 – Those Nephilim died during the Great Flood.
• We need to have Caleb’s faith. (Numbers 13:30)

³⁰ But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”

Numbers 13:30

Be blessed with this reading.

Traci