BRAGADAYJAH 427
The Report of the Spies v The
Report of Caleb.
“And they returned from
searching the land after forty days.”
On their return, the spies
appeared before Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of Israel and made
their report.
First they showed them the
fruit of the land, and said surely the land is a rich fertile land; it flows
with milk and honey, “None-the-less the people that dwell in the land are
strong; their cities are walled around and are well fortified; and in addition
we saw the famed children of Anak there.
The Amalekites dwell in the
land of the Negev, and the Hittites and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell
in the mountain, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the edge of the
Jordon.”
That was the report of all
the spies except Caleb. As the people
started to react fearfully after listening to the report of the others, Caleb
stilled the people and said, “Let us go up at once and possess the land; for we
are well able to overcome it.”
But the men that went up with Caleb said, “We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger
than we. The land through which we passed and searched out is a land that eats
up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people we saw in the land are giants
compared to us. The sons of Anak as you well know are all giants and we would
appear to them no more than tiny grasshoppers.
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