Spies Sent into Canaan (Numbers 13:1-14:38) Answers

(Don’t worry about pronouncing the names properly.)

1. 1. What did God tell Moses to do? _____Send men to explore Canaan (v.13:2)___________

   2. How many men did he send? __Twelve (v.13:4-15)____________________________

   3. What kind of fruit did they bring back? Grapes, pomegranates and figs. (v. 13:23-24)____ ________________________________________________________________________

   4. How many days were the men gone? __40 Days (v.13:25)_________________________

   5. What good things did they report? ____________________________________________ _________It really is a land flowing with milk and honey. Here’s some of its fruit. (v. 13:27)__

   6. What bad things did they report? __The people who live there are strong, and the cities have walls and are very large. (13:28-29)______________________________________

   7. What did the people want to do to Moses when they heard the bad report? ____________ ________Stone Moses and Aaron to death (v.14:10)______________________________

   8. What did God want to do to the people? __I’ll strike them with a plague/pestilence and destroy them (v. 14:12)__________________________________________________

   9. What did Moses ask God to do? __Be patient. Forgive. (v. 14:17-19)______________

   10. What punishment did God give to the people for not trusting Him? _________________ _________None of the will will see the land (v. 14:21-23)________________________