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The book of Numbers is the story of the people of Israel in the wilderness as they departed from slavery in Egypt to the freedom of the promised land of Canaan. It contains a variety of materials relating to this transition from the old generation of Israel to the new, including stories and laws, census lists, instructions for worship, reports of military battles, and accounts of legal disputes....

larger-than-life opponents. The two faithful spies reemphasize the natural goodness of the land, the human frailty of the inhabitants, and the overwhelming power of God in their midst. The land, they report, is “an exceedingly good land” and the people of the land “are no more than bread for us.” They get to the theological heart of what is at stake: “Do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land … the LORD is with us; do not fear them” (14:7–9). In the end, the issue is not
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