FBCHS-Bible Study “The Mission of Twelve Spies”

“The Mission of Twelve Spies”

Numbers 13:1-3, 17-20, 25-33

During the second year after leaving Egyptian slavery, the Israelites were on the borders of the Promised Land and they had to make some very important choices that would affect the outcome of a very long journey in the wilderness. God had been with them thus far and was now preparing them for the final phase. Our lesson this week tells of the spies sent into Canaan by Moses and the result of their report. It is a story of belief and unbelief. After the Israelites left Egypt, about three months later they came to the wilderness of Sinai (see Exodus 19:1). They camped near Mount Sinai (or Horeb) where the LORD gave them the Ten Commandments and other laws found in Exodus and Leviticus. At Mount Sinai God also established the Mosaic Covenant with Israel making them His chosen people