“Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against Adonai. Now we will go up and fight, in accordance with everything Adonai our God ordered us.’ And every man among you put on his arms, considering it an easy matter to go up into the hill-country. But Adonai said to me, ‘Tell them, “Don’t go up, […]

“You approached me, every one of you, and said, ‘Let’s send men ahead of us to explore the country for us and bring back word concerning what route we should use in going up and what the cities we will encounter are like.’  The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve of your […]

“There I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill-country of the Emori, which Adonai our God is giving to us. Look! Adonai your God has placed the land before you. Go up, take possession, as Adonai, the God of your ancestors, has told you. Don’t be afraid, don’t be dismayed.’”-Deuteronomy 1:20-21 There’s a key […]

“You approached me, every one of you, and said, ‘Let’s send men ahead of us to explore the country for us and bring back word concerning what route we should use in going up and what the cities we will encounter are like.  The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve of your […]

“At that time I told you, ‘You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.  Adonai your God has multiplied your numbers, so that there are as many of you today as there are stars in the sky.  May Adonai, the God of your ancestors, increase you yet a thousandfold and bless you, […]