They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: "It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us." They took some of the fruit of the land in their handsThis phrase highlights the tangible evidence of the land's fertility and abundance. The Hebrew word for "fruit" is "פְּרִי" (peri), which signifies not only physical produce but also the potential for prosperity and blessing. The act of taking the fruit in their hands symbolizes a direct encounter with God's promise, a physical manifestation of His provision. In a historical context, this act served as a powerful testimony to the Israelites, affirming the richness of the Promised Land, which was a stark contrast to their years of wandering in the wilderness. carried it down to us
The phrase "carried it down" suggests a deliberate and careful action. The Hebrew root "יָרַד" (yarad) means to descend or bring down, indicating the importance of the mission. This act of bringing the fruit down to the people underscores the role of the spies as messengers of hope and assurance. It reflects the responsibility of leaders to convey God's promises to His people, ensuring that the community is encouraged and motivated by the evidence of God's faithfulness. and brought us word
The phrase "brought us word" emphasizes the importance of communication and testimony in the community of faith. The Hebrew word "דָּבָר" (dabar) means word, matter, or thing, highlighting the power of spoken testimony. This act of bringing word is not just about relaying information but about inspiring faith and trust in God's promises. It serves as a reminder of the importance of sharing personal experiences of God's faithfulness to build up the faith of others. It is a good land
The declaration "It is a good land" is a direct affirmation of God's promise. The Hebrew word for "good" is "טוֹב" (tov), which encompasses beauty, prosperity, and moral goodness. This acknowledgment of the land's goodness is a recognition of God's perfect provision and His desire to bless His people abundantly. Historically, this statement would have been a reassurance to the Israelites, who had long awaited the fulfillment of God's promise to their forefathers. that the LORD our God is giving us
This phrase underscores the divine origin of the gift. The use of "LORD" (YHWH) emphasizes God's covenantal relationship with Israel, while "our God" personalizes this relationship, reminding the Israelites of their unique identity as God's chosen people. The verb "is giving" (נָתַן, natan) is in the present tense, indicating the immediacy and certainty of God's promise. This assurance of divine provision is central to the faith journey of the Israelites, encouraging them to trust in God's timing and sovereignty. Persons / Places / Events 1. The SpiesA group of twelve men, one from each tribe of Israel, sent by Moses to scout the Promised Land (Canaan) and report back on its conditions. 2. MosesThe leader of the Israelites, who sent the spies into Canaan to gather information about the land God promised to give them. 3. The Promised Land (Canaan)The land promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, described as a land flowing with milk and honey. 4. The IsraelitesThe people of God, descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were on the brink of entering the Promised Land after their exodus from Egypt. 5. The LORD (Yahweh)The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who promised to give the land of Canaan to the Israelites. Teaching Points Faith in God's PromisesThe report of the spies highlights the goodness of God's promises. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's provision and faithfulness, even when circumstances seem daunting. The Importance of ObedienceThe Israelites' failure to enter the Promised Land initially was due to their disobedience and lack of faith. Obedience to God's commands is crucial for receiving His blessings. The Role of LeadershipMoses' leadership in sending the spies demonstrates the importance of wise and godly leadership in guiding God's people. The Power of a Good ReportThe positive report about the land serves as a reminder of the power of words and the impact of a good report in encouraging faith and action among God's people. God's FaithfulnessDespite the Israelites' rebellion, God remained faithful to His promise, eventually leading the next generation into the Promised Land. This underscores God's unwavering faithfulness to His covenant. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the report of the spies in Deuteronomy 1:25 challenge us to trust in God's promises today? 2. In what ways can we ensure that our words and reports encourage faith and obedience among fellow believers? 3. How does the account of the spies relate to the concept of entering God's rest as discussed in Hebrews 3-4? 4. What lessons can we learn from Moses' leadership in this passage that can be applied to leadership roles in our own lives? 5. How does the faithfulness of God in fulfilling His promise to the Israelites encourage us in our personal walk with Him? Connections to Other Scriptures Numbers 13-14Provides a detailed account of the mission of the spies, their report, and the subsequent rebellion of the Israelites. Hebrews 3-4Discusses the unbelief of the Israelites in the wilderness and encourages believers to enter God's rest through faith. Joshua 2The account of Rahab and the spies, highlighting the faith and courage required to trust in God's promises. Genesis 12:7God's original promise to Abraham about giving his descendants the land of Canaan. People Amorites, Anakites, Caleb, Canaanites, Eshcol, Isaac, Israelites, Jacob, Jephunneh, Joshua, Laban, Moses, Nun, Og, Seir, SihonPlaces Arabah, Ashtaroth, Bashan, Dizahab, Edrei, Egypt, Euphrates River, Hazeroth, Heshbon, Horeb, Hormah, Jordan River, Kadesh-barnea, Laban, Lebanon, Moab, Mount Seir, Negeb, Paran, Seir, Suph, Tophel, Valley of EshcolTopics Account, Bring, Fruit, Gives, Giveth, Giving, Hands, Report, Reported, Saying, TakingDictionary of Bible Themes Deuteronomy 1:19-40 5923 public opinion Library Foretastes of the Heavenly Life
Early in the year 1857. NOTE: This edition of this sermon is taken from an earlier published edition of Spurgeon's 1857 message. The sermon that appears in The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, vol. 45, was edited and abbreviated somewhat. For edition we have restored the fuller text of the earlier published edition, while retaining a few of the editorial refinements of the Met Tab edition. "And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 45: 1899Preventive against Backsliding.
It is most instructive to note how exceedingly anxious the early Christians were, that, as soon as a man was converted, he should be "filled with the Holy Ghost." They knew no reason why weary wastes of disappointing years should stretch between Bethel and Peniel, between the Cross and Pentecost. They knew it was not God's will that forty years of wilderness wanderings should lie between Egypt and the Promised Land (Deut. i. 2). When Peter and John came to the Samaritans, and found that they were …
John MacNeil—The Spirit-Filled Life Afraid of Giants
'And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain; 18. And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19. And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20. And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Philo of Alexandria, the Rabbis, and the Gospels - the Final Development of Hellenism in Its Relation to Rabbinism and the Gospel According to St. John.
It is strange how little we know of the personal history of the greatest of uninspired Jewish writers of old, though he occupied so prominent a position in his time. [173] Philo was born in Alexandria, about the year 20 before Christ. He was a descendant of Aaron, and belonged to one of the wealthiest and most influential families among the Jewish merchant-princes of Egypt. His brother was the political head of that community in Alexandria, and he himself on one occasion represented his co-religionists, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah A Plain Description of the Essence and Attributes of God, Out of the Holy Scripture, So Far as Every Christian must Competently Know, and Necessarily Believe, that Will be Saves.
Although no creature can define what God is, because he is incomprehensible (Psal. cxliii. 3) and dwelling in inaccessible light (1 Tim. vi. 16); yet it has pleased his majesty to reveal himself to us in his word, so far as our weak capacity can best conceive him. Thus: God is that one spiritual and infinitely perfect essence, whose being is of himself eternally (Deut. i. 4; iv. 35; xxxii. 39; vi. 4; Isa. xlv. 5-8; 1 Cor. viii. 4; Eph. iv. 5, 6; 1 Tim. ii. 5; John iv. 24; 2 Cor. iii. 17; 1 Kings …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety The Mountainous Country of Judea.
"What is the mountainous country of Judea? It is the king's mountain." However Judea, here and there, doth swell out much with mountains, yet its chief swelling appears in that broad back of mountains, that runs from the utmost southern cost as far as Hebron, and almost as Jerusalem itself. Which the Holy Scripture called "The hill-country of Judah," Joshua 21:11; Luke 1:39. Unless I am very much mistaken,--the maps of Adricomus, Tirinius, and others, ought to be corrected, which have feigned to …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Kadesh. Rekam, and that Double. Inquiry is Made, Whether the Doubling it in the Maps is Well Done.
The readers of the eastern interpreters will observe, that Kadesh is rendered by all Rekam, or in a sound very near it. In the Chaldee, it is 'Rekam': in the Syriac, 'Rekem': in the Arabic, 'Rakim'... There are two places noted by the name Rekam in the very bounds of the land,--to wit, the southern and eastern: that is, a double Kadesh. I. Of Kadesh, or Rekam, in the south part, there is no doubt. II. Of it, in the eastern part, there is this mention: "From Rekam to the east, and Rekam is as the …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Barren Fig-Tree. Temple Cleansed.
(Road from Bethany and Jerusalem. Monday, April 4, a.d. 30.) ^A Matt. XXI. 18, 19, 12, 13; ^B Mark XI. 12-18; ^C Luke XIX. 45-48. ^b 12 And ^a 18 Now ^b on the morrow [on the Monday following the triumphal entry], ^a in the morning ^b when they were come out from Bethany, ^a as he returned to the city [Jerusalem], he hungered. [Breakfast with the Jews came late in the forenoon, and these closing days of our Lord's ministry were full of activity that did not have time to tarry at Bethany for it. Our …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel In the Temple at the Feast of Tabernacles.
(October, a.d. 29.) ^D John VII. 11-52. ^d 11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? [It was now eighteen months since Jesus had visited Jerusalem, at which time he had healed the impotent man at Bethesda. His fame and prolonged obscurity made his enemies anxious for him to again expose himself in their midst. John here used the word "Jews" as a designation for the Jerusalemites, who, as enemies of Christ, were to be distinguished from the multitudes who were in doubt …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Moses and his Writings
[Illustration: (drop cap W) Clay letter tablet of Moses' time.] We now begin to understand a little of the very beginning of God's Book--of the times in which it was written, the materials used by its first author, and the different kinds of writing from which he had to choose; but we must go a step farther. How much did Moses know about the history of his forefathers, Abraham and Jacob, and of all the old nations and kings mentioned in Genesis, before God called him to the great work of writing …
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making Appendix ii. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology.
(Ad. vol. i. p. 42, note 4.) In comparing the allegorical Canons of Philo with those of Jewish traditionalism, we think first of all of the seven exegetical canons which are ascribed to Hillel. These bear chiefly the character of logical deductions, and as such were largely applied in the Halakhah. These seven canons were next expanded by R. Ishmael (in the first century) into thirteen, by the analysis of one of them (the 5th) into six, and the addition of this sound exegetical rule, that where two …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah The Blessing of Jacob Upon Judah. (Gen. Xlix. 8-10. )
Ver. 8. "Judah, thou, thy brethren shall praise thee; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; before thee shall bow down the sons of thy father. Ver. 9. A lion's whelp is Judah; from the prey, my son, thou goest up; he stoopeth down, he coucheth as a lion, and as a full-grown lion, who shall rouse him up? Ver. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto Him the people shall adhere." Thus does dying Jacob, in announcing …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Deuteronomy
Owing to the comparatively loose nature of the connection between consecutive passages in the legislative section, it is difficult to present an adequate summary of the book of Deuteronomy. In the first section, i.-iv. 40, Moses, after reviewing the recent history of the people, and showing how it reveals Jehovah's love for Israel, earnestly urges upon them the duty of keeping His laws, reminding them of His spirituality and absoluteness. Then follows the appointment, iv. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. …
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