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When God has delivered us from our past and we are on a journey towards our future, do we believe that God can finish the work He has started in us or do we long to be back where we were delivered from because as bad as it was we were at least surviving? Where would you be if you were traveling with these next people
Twelve Scouts (to Moses):
27 We checked out the land, just as you’d instructed us to do, and here’s what we discovered: It is rich, very rich. One could say that it flows with milk and honey; and look, here is some of its fruit. The land is highly desirable,
28 but the people who already live there are really strong. Their cities are enormous and fortified. What’s more, we saw the Anakites there.
29 In the Negev, there are Amalekites; and in the high hill country are Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites. As for the seacoast, Canaanites live there and along the Jordan River too.
30 But Caleb calmed the congregation, and he spoke to Moses.
Caleb:
We should go straight in, right away, and take it over. We are surely able!
Other Scouts:
31 No way. We can’t do it. The people who are already there are too strong for us.
32 So the report of these other scouts was quite disheartening; it made the people question God’s promise.
Other Scouts:
The land that we surveyed virtually eats its own, and the people themselves are gigantic.
33 We saw the massive Anakites who descended from the ancient Nephilim! We look like grasshoppers compared to them, and they know it.
Numbers: 16 27-33 The Voice Bible
1 At this, everybody with one voice cried out, and the people groaned and wept all night.
Israelites (blaming Moses and Aaron):
2 If only we had just died in Egypt or somewhere along the way in this wilderness,
3 rather than the Eternal One leading us out here to have us slaughtered and our women and the youngsters dragged off as plunder, too, as objects for their pleasure. Wouldn’t it be good just to go back to Egypt?
4 Let’s figure out among ourselves who should head the group and then make our way back to Egypt.
5 While all the gathered Israelites watched, Moses and Aaron collapsed to the ground before the people.
6 Joshua (Nun’s son, Moses’ young assistant—the one who would succeed him) and Caleb (who was Jephunneh’s son) lamented the Israelites’ response. These two, who were among those who journeyed into the promised land to explore it and bring back a report, tore their clothes
7 and addressed the whole community of Israelites.
Joshua and Caleb:
The land that we saw was extraordinary! It’s some of the best land ever,
8 flowing with milk and honey. So stop this moaning and wailing! If we all do what is right in the eyes of God, the Eternal will bring us into the land and make it ours.
9 Do not rebel like this against the Eternal. Don’t be afraid of the land’s inhabitants. It is we who will devour them! They are now defenseless, and nothing can protect them from the Eternal, who is with us. You don’t need to be afraid of them!
10 But the rest of the Israelites were not convinced. Enraged, the crowd moved to stone Joshua and Caleb. Suddenly, the glory of the Eternal swept into the congregation tent in front of them all.
Numbers 14: 1-10 The Voice Bible.
Twelve Scouts (to Moses):
27 We checked out the land, just as you’d instructed us to do, and here’s what we discovered: It is rich, very rich. One could say that it flows with milk and honey; and look, here is some of its fruit. The land is highly desirable,
28 but the people who already live there are really strong. Their cities are enormous and fortified. What’s more, we saw the Anakites there.
29 In the Negev, there are Amalekites; and in the high hill country are Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites. As for the seacoast, Canaanites live there and along the Jordan River too.
30 But Caleb calmed the congregation, and he spoke to Moses.
Caleb:
We should go straight in, right away, and take it over. We are surely able!
Other Scouts:
31 No way. We can’t do it. The people who are already there are too strong for us.
32 So the report of these other scouts was quite disheartening; it made the people question God’s promise.
Other Scouts:
The land that we surveyed virtually eats its own, and the people themselves are gigantic.
33 We saw the massive Anakites who descended from the ancient Nephilim! We look like grasshoppers compared to them, and they know it.
Numbers: 16 27-33 The Voice Bible
1 At this, everybody with one voice cried out, and the people groaned and wept all night.
Israelites (blaming Moses and Aaron):
2 If only we had just died in Egypt or somewhere along the way in this wilderness,
3 rather than the Eternal One leading us out here to have us slaughtered and our women and the youngsters dragged off as plunder, too, as objects for their pleasure. Wouldn’t it be good just to go back to Egypt?
4 Let’s figure out among ourselves who should head the group and then make our way back to Egypt.
5 While all the gathered Israelites watched, Moses and Aaron collapsed to the ground before the people.
6 Joshua (Nun’s son, Moses’ young assistant—the one who would succeed him) and Caleb (who was Jephunneh’s son) lamented the Israelites’ response. These two, who were among those who journeyed into the promised land to explore it and bring back a report, tore their clothes
7 and addressed the whole community of Israelites.
Joshua and Caleb:
The land that we saw was extraordinary! It’s some of the best land ever,
8 flowing with milk and honey. So stop this moaning and wailing! If we all do what is right in the eyes of God, the Eternal will bring us into the land and make it ours.
9 Do not rebel like this against the Eternal. Don’t be afraid of the land’s inhabitants. It is we who will devour them! They are now defenseless, and nothing can protect them from the Eternal, who is with us. You don’t need to be afraid of them!
10 But the rest of the Israelites were not convinced. Enraged, the crowd moved to stone Joshua and Caleb. Suddenly, the glory of the Eternal swept into the congregation tent in front of them all.
Numbers 14: 1-10 The Voice Bible.
