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The Twelve Spies, as recorded in the Book of Numbers, were a group of Israelite chieftains, one from each of the Twelve Tribes, who were dispatched by Moses to scout out the Land of Canaan for 40 days [1] as a future home for the Israelite people, during the time when the Israelites were in the wilderness following their Exodus from Ancient Egypt.
Caleb, son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah (Book of Numbers, Numbers 13:6), is not to be confused with Caleb, great-grandson of Judah through Tamar (1 Chronicles 2:3–9). This other Caleb was the son of Hezron, and his wife was Azubah (1 Chronicles 2:18,19).
According to the Book of Numbers, Anak was a forefather of the Anakim, a Rephaite tribe according to Deuteronomy 2:11. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In their report, ten of the twelve Israelite spies associated the Anakim with the Nephilim of Genesis 6:1–4 .
The Israelites seem to have identified them with the Nephilim of the antediluvian age (Genesis 6:4, Numbers 13:33). However, the two faithful spies Caleb and Joshua do not verify this report, leading some scholars to believe that the fearful reports from the other ten are hyperbolic and should not be taken literally. [3]
Moses and the Messengers from Canaan (painting by Giovanni Lanfranco). Shlach, Shelach, Sh'lah, Shlach Lecha, or Sh'lah L'kha (שְׁלַח or שְׁלַח-לְךָ —Hebrew for "send", "send to you", or "send for yourself") is the 37th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Numbers.
The book was on the New York Times Best Seller list for 12 weeks (August 12, 1990 - October 28). [1] The title of the book comes from the Book of Numbers : [ 2 ] "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "Send men that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man ...
Joshua 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible or in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to Joshua, with additions by the high priests Eleazar and Phinehas, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to ...
Joshua 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible or in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to Joshua, with additions by the high priests Eleazar and Phinehas, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to ...