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40 Days Turns into 40 Years

Numbers 13 and 14

 

1.  Why did Moses send the Israelite spies into Canaan? How long were they in Canaan? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

2.  What were the positive parts of the report? How did Numbers 13 describe the fruit and the land in Canaan?  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

3.  What were the negative parts of the report? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

 

4.  What does Genesis 6:1-4 say about the origins of the Nephilim? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

5.  How can a negative report affect us or other people? How did this negative part of the report affect the rest of the Israelites?  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

 

6.  What was the response of Joshua and Caleb? How is it possible that their reaction to Canaan is so different than the other ten spies who also saw the land? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

7.  In Numbers 14:20-21, God told Moses he will forgive those who were rebelling against Him, but He still punished them.  Is it possible that God can forgive us, but we will still suffer the repercussions of our sins? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

8.  What was God’s punishment against the Israelites? Who will be saved and why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  

 

9.  What happened to the spies who spread the bad report? How should we speak about a challenging situation when we have already been promised victory? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

10. What happened to the Israelites when they went up to the highest hill in the country? Name two or three reasons why they were bound to fail.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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