1490 BC · AM 2514 · Egypt and Exodus

Twelve spies search the land of Canaan

Moses sent twelve leaders from Kadesh to explore Canaan for forty days. They returned with the land's fruit, but ten emphasized its fortified cities and giants while Caleb urged Israel to go up and take possession (Numbers 13:1-33), 1490 BC.

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📖 Numbers 13:1–3

1And the LORD said to Moses, 2“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.” 3So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

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