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L. And Moses sent them 10 spy out the
land OF Canaan, and said unto them, Get
you up TINS way southwark, and go up into
the mountain: Is. And see the land, what
IL is and the people that dwellcth therein,
whether they be strong or weak. few or
many; 10. And what the land ia that they
dwell in, whether IL Oo good or bad; and
what cities they dwell III, whether in
tents or in stronghOds, %. And what tho
land il, whether II he fat or lean, whether
there be wood therein or not. And be We OF
good courage and bring of the fruit OF the
land. Now was the time OF the firstripe
grapes 81 SO they went up, and searched
the land from the wilderness OF lin unto
Rehob, as men come 10 Klamath. %. And
they assembled by the south, and came unto
Hebron; where Altman, Sheshai and Tai
maj the children of Anak, were (Now
Hebron was built seven years before Zion
a. Egypt %. And they came unto the
brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence
branch with one cluster OF grapes, and
they bare 1t between two upon stan; and
they brought OF the pOmegrantes, and Of the
hgs. "a The place was called the brook
EShcol, because of the cluster OF grapes
which the children OF Israel cut down
from thence. -. And they returned
from searching Of the land after forty
days ~. And they went and came 10
Moses, and TO Aaron, and TO all the
congregation Of the children of Israel, unto
the wilderness of Paran, TO kadesh; and
brought back word unto them, and unto all
the congregation, and showed them the
fruit OF the land. p. And they told him,
and said, We came unto the land whittier
thou sentest Us, aud surely it tioweth with
milk and honey; and this Is the fruit OF II.
Nevertheless the people be strong that
dwell in the land, and the cities are walled,
and very great: ana moreover we saw the
children Of AnalS there. 20 The Amalek-
ties dwell in the land OF the south; and the
Hittites, and the Jcbusites, and the Amor
ties, dwell IN the mountains; and the Ca
NANTES dwell by the sea and by the coast
of Jordan. 30. And Caleb stilled the peo
pie before Moses. and said, Let US go up at
once and possess IL; for we are well able 70
overcome it; 81. But the men that went up
with him said We be not able TO go up
against the people; for they are stronger
than we. -. And they brought up an evil
report OF the land which they had searched
unto the children Of Israel, saying, The
land, through which we have gone TO search
IL, Is a land that catcth up the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people that we saw in
il are men of great stature. 80. And there
we saw the giants ana we were in our own
sight as grasshoppers, and 30 we were IN
their sight.
golden THXT.-Let US so up at once, and
possess 1t for we are well able 10 overcome
Number - 80.
Time of the lesson the latter part OF the
summer Of the 2Ed year after departure
ilOul EEA III aDOul lND luOuALS dlbtl tAlf
breaking OF camp at the foot OF Sinai. The
Journey had been uorthward, save dt1ec-
ton TO the east, to AVOID high mountains.
The encampment az kadesh Barnea was
about fifty miles south OF BeersheOa' Ia
desh signifies THE holy and Barnca,
1.-The desert Of wandering.
The celebration of the passover had been
observed, and the order OF religious ser
vices established. when. on the Goth day of
the second month tho pillar Of cloud rose
from the tabernacle "a - signal for depart
ure Israel entered the wilderness Of
Paran 5000 feet above the Mediterranean
by slightly circuitous march.
The distance from Sinai 10 the promised
land direct. was about 200 miles. Ordinarily
camels made the Journey in two weeks and
dromedaries in one, but with women and
children, tents and baggage, Hooks and
herds, progress was slow. At the close OF
the first three days march, Israel encamp-
ed in Paran, ana here they complained for
want OF flesh 10 eat God sent quails in
vast numbers, and they ate TO gluttony,
so that many OF them died, and the place
was known by Hebrew name signifying
the graves OF guttony
The second march was n Nazareth,
made memorable by the jealousy Of Miriam
(the sister who watched the infant Moses
when he was hidden in the rushes OF the
Nile, and was rescued by Pharaoh daugh-
ter ; Miriam, who was "a prophecies, found
fault with Zipporah, Moses Cushite wife,
because she was not OF Israel, and using
this as an argument with Aaron, besought
him to join her in demanding for themselves
equal hOnors at least in being the mouth
piece Of God in the direction of Israel The
point was. that Moses had detled himself
by his marriage, while she and Aaron had
maintained their national purity. Divine
judgment in the form Of ieprosy checked
her ambition, and delayed Isrsels journey.
The plague was removed only in answer to
Moses prayers
The third march halted ut Rithmah. "the
place Of broom (from a desert shrub, but
the ark resting there, the name was changed
TO kadesh tthe holy.
DIR. Trumbull, who visited this place, de-
scribes il as wei adapted 10 the encamp-
ment Of such "a company. IL was just be-
low the ridge which institutes the southern
boundary Of Palestine. as two wells a large
pool and "a stream Of living water. The
plain many miles in extent, is hill-encir-
cled and very fertile. Here Israel was en-
camped for nearly - years
LESSON NOTES.
V. Il. And Moses sent them to syp out
the land Of Canaan. Previous TO this,
however, we learn, from Deut. ! 30, that
Moses had besought them TO bravery and
courage: Behold the Lord, thy God,
hath set the land before thee; go up and
possess IL, as the Lord God Of thy fathers
hath said unto thee: fear not neither be
discouraged" Had Israel been obedient to
this admonition, in less than two years
from leaving Egypt they would have come
into possession Of Canaan.
We also learn from Deuteronomy that
Moses acquiesccd to the will Of the people
that ''men be sent 10 search out the land,
and bring word what way they should go
up and into what cities they should come"
How soon the leading of the cloud gave
place 10 worldly policy-not faith, but
sight
Get you up this way southwark, that is,
90 up by the south way, which led near TO
Hebron learn concerning its cities, wheth-
er strong or weak; its products and pros
poets. The latter part Of verse 20 indicates
the season of the year. Early grapes ripen
in Palestine in August, aud the vintage
occurs in September and October.
V. u. They searched from Yin unto
Reheb In other words. they explored the
land from south TO north. Gin was just
south Of Canaan, portion OF Paran in
which was Kadesh; and Rehob north, at
the foot Of Mt. Hebron, near the sources Of
the Jordan. Hebron is very ancient town,
where much Of the lifetime Of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob was spent, and where they
were all entombed. Its antiquity antedates
history, being established when Abraham
left Messopotamia, and mentioned in Scrip
, ture before Damascus. IL was the city