Read Numbers 13:1-33 at Bible Gateway.
The Teaching Tools of Scripture
Genesis 1:1-2:3, The Teaching Tools of Scripture, part one and part two
Genesis 6, And the Strong Themes Teaching Tool
Genesis 1:1-6:8, Finding the Topic Themes of Scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
13:1-14:10 {p} Twelve spies sent to spy out the land; ten spies bring back an evil report
Strong themes of the parashah
None this week.
Numbers 13:1-33 Chiastic structure
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Theme of the parashah
Israel is well able to dispossess the giants in their land.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Shelah lekha
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. Num 13:16
There is no “j” in Hebrew. Jehoshua or Joshua, is in Hebrew, Yehoshua or Yeshua. The name means, “salvation,” or, “Yehovah is my salvation.” Yes, this is the same name that Joseph was told to name Mary’s Son when He was born. Joshua has been emerging as a type of Messiah, in the same vein as Joseph the son of Jacob— the second in command, always faithful to YHVH regardless of the situation.
Out of the twelve spies who spied out the Promised Land, ten of them discouraged the children of Israel to enter the Land, while only two, Joshua for the tribe of Ephraim and Caleb for the tribe of Judah, encouraged the children of Israel to enter the Land.
Really, what Joshua and Caleb were encouraging, was for Israel to have faith in YHVH and trust Him. They were encouraging Israel to believe in God; and to believe God, that what He told them was the truth.
For some, when they had heard, rebelled; however not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with them that had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they should not enter into His rest, but to those who believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. Heb 3:16-19
But ultimately, Israel did not enter in, and it was because of unbelief, Hebrews tells us. They rebelled because they did not believe that what God had told them—you will prevail over giants—was true. This is the Gospel of grace! We too can only enter in to our promised inheritance of salvation and eternal life, when we believe God and place our trust in Him.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 105 (my notes) | Jos 2 (my notes) | Heb 11 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Shelah lekha
Numbers 13, Bible for Beginners
Numbers 13:1-15:41, Shelah lekha paragraph divisions
Numbers 13:1-15:41, Chiastic structure
Numbers 13 and 14, The power of an evil report
Off-site Studies
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SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | NUMBERS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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