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Moses
studied the 12 men standing before him. He had selected them carefully
- one from each of the 12 tribes. His craggy face suddenly crinkled
into a smile. "It's time!" he exclaimed. his eyes shone. "And
you 12 will be the first!"
Caleb
took a deep breath. He could hardly believe that he was one of the chosen
ones. He would be one of the very first Israelites to set foot in the
wonderful new land that the Lord had promised to give them. "Oh,
thank You, Lord, for this great favor," he prayed silently.
All
12 men listened attentively to Moses' instructions. "I want you
to head north into the land of Canaan," he said. Then go on up
into the hill country. See what the land is like. See how many people
there are and if they live in towns or in walled cities. See if the
soil is good for growing crops. See if there are forests. And,"
he added, "be sure to bring back some of the fruit that grows there.
The
men agreed together that they should leave before the sun came up in
the morning. Then they hurried back to their tents to say goodbye to
their families and get a little rest. It turned out to be almost impossible
to rest, however. Friends and neighgors and relatives, bursting with
curiosity, all wanted to talk about the spies' mission.
Stars
were still hanging in the sky when
the spies left camp...
Read Numbers 13
(the fourth book of the Old
Testament) to know all this
adventure journey!
1.
Unscramble following words - names of spies:
a) IGDAD
b)
RUHTES
c)
MAUMASH
d)
DAGLIED
2.
What was the name of the valley where spies found a cluster of grapes
so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them?
3.
What animal is mentioned in 13th chapter of Numbers?
4.
Pretend you are spies cracking a secret code. We will be using the ASCII
(American Standard Code
for Information Interchange).
Here
is the code's secret: 65 stands for A, 66 for B, 67 is for C, etc.
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71
79 68
67
65 76 76 83
85
83
84
79
70
65 67 69
82
73 83 75 83
67
79 85 82 65 71 69 79 85 83 76 89
65
83
87
69
83
69 82 86 69
72
73 77
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| Prayer:
"Dear God, please give me opportunities
to serve You this week. Give me also courage to serve You, even
when there are risks involved. Amen." |
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