The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-02
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.


l7-.3-33
Especially arranged from peioubet's no'esl
Corpgs rHxr-Tns Lord IL with Us eAs
iAers. not-Sum ~: O. .
TINE sEcrIoN includes Numbers 10 All H.
ANA tho Parallel Account IN deuteronomy y .
p i9-ss: also Hebrews >: 7-ls. =: Ia
Trur-July. august. IL I<eo. the tine OF
she flrst ripe grapes tv. sO. when the spies
were sent out They were gone forty Gays
PLACE AT this time the Israelites wer' en-
eam ned q, X aiesh Barnea. just south OF 'no
southern border OF Palestine The pia'o -
now called Ain Qadces. the holy we'll
LESSON NOTES.
Everything was now ready Tor taxing
possession of their new home, provideu
the people had the necessary faith and
courage. Accordingly. rs we learn
from his own account in Deuteronomy
n. o0-ai Moses commanded them IN
the name OF Jehovah TO go up and
take possession Of the land.
The whole people Dcut. l:2e) asked
Moses TO first send ont spies to investi-
rate. This was wise under the CIR
cumstances, that Is, the next wisest
thing TO going forward, trusting In
God, and therefore pleased Moses
Deut. l:23). and il was SO directed py
God Mum. -: l2). Accordingly, Moses
selected twelve leading men best Tilted
for the service.
..Get We up this way southwark
| Better as in II. ". by the SOUTH not re-
| ferring at all to the direction from the
Jsraelites' camp but To n well-deilned
| tract Of territory forming the southern
most and least fertile portion OF the
land of Canaan. 1t was called The
Neyeb" or The South Country, literally.
1.-The dryness." Into the mountain
the mountainous region
10. whether in tents ii. G.. open VII
lagos and camps. or in stronghoids:
walled cities and strongholds.
30. THE time of the first ripe
0rapes:- In Palestine this occurs In
July and August. The spies went the
whole length of the land, tothe base OF
the Lebanon mountains ". I'D
%. And they came" on their return,
..unto the brook Eshcol," the rich val
lev Immediately to the north OF
Hebron; described by Robinson as pro-
ducing the largest and best grapes in
all Palestine, besides pomcgranates.
figs. apricots, quipces and other fruits
In abundance. Zone cluster OF
cranes. and bare il between two
upon a staff" Single clusters are mem
The arrangement referred to in the text
! was probably made. not because the
weight was too great for one person to
carry. but in order to prevent the
grapes from being rushed.-Ellicott-
"a. Called the brook Eshcol:" that is,
. q cluster. bunch.
rs. And they returned:' The
: Epyptian records show that there was
x,,af ,.,v, hofxysssn
! Egypt and Syria. This enables us to
!, understand how il was possible for
. twelve Hebrews to spy out the land
7. without interruption. They had sim
a. ply to assume the character of Egyp-
tians, from which country they had
! lately come-Land and Book
g. 20. And showed them the fruit OF
.. the land:~ as visible proof of its fertil-
: ity.
~. "Floweth with milk and honev:"
$. a poetic expression of the Insurance
ID and richness Of its productions
% IS Nevertheless the people he
a strong They were large. active and
J. trained to war. I'VE saw the children
Y. of Analx there:" In verse 80 they are
:, !. called giants. in whose presence the
"a spies seemed like grasshoppcrs.
'a %. "Amalekites:" who dwell on the
$ borders Of the south country" and
y who had already attacked them once
"a (Ex Il: s-lG). These were the first
- enemies To be overcome. 1.-The Hit
j. ties" great warlikc nation. who's
"a "a remains have lately been discovered
N 1.-The Jcbusites:" These held the region
H. round about Jerusalem. They wer'
s. the most formidable of all the native
Is population. Push. They held TIT
"a citadel of Jerusalem even till the TIM
ls OF David The Amoritcs:" noun
taineers ..Canaanites:" lowlanders
Coast borders.
nc 30. And Caleb" with Joshua "a: g.
~ ..stilled the people" who grew restlcs
- and excited as the difficulties in tn
eo way were presented. enforced by tn
assurance Of the other ten spies tina
- they could not take possession Of tn
land Let US go up at once 10
- we are well able to overcome II, 10
=, the Lord is with us.
10 81. The other ten said: 1--WE be nc
80 able to go up against the people, 70
they are stronger than we" But Go
was stronger than their enemies.
=, 49, "A land that cateth mp the inhal
~ itants thereof Either ID land {
-. scarcity. unable to support its inhal
\. its; or (a) an unhealthy land. where tn
49, people are consumed by pestilencc. {
=. (s) full Of strife. and discord, and VIZ
- among the tribes contending for 81
m. prcmacy within it.
~ SO. 'Gants, and we were in the
la sight as grasshoppers:" so greatly d
80 their faithless fears distort the facts.
The result was that the people :
"A fused to go and take possession Of the
an. land. The ten spies were smitten Wi
inc the plague and died. Every pers'
he over twenty years of age must die
fore the nation could enter Canaa
and the people must endure fort
years. discipline in the wilderne'
hat Only the two faithful spies, Of all I
hey people, should see the land Of promi
hey and realize their long cherished hop
owe few days later, ashamed Of thu
tho cowardicc, stung by their punishme
1t for IL, they determined to go up .
e. conquer the Canaanites. contrary
pre- Gods command, and without his pr