‘The Lord your God has given you this land.
Go up and take possession of it as
the Lord , the God of your ancestors planned.
Don’t be afraid; don’t be discouraged.’ Has
not he himself quite often, over time,
let you into his thoughts concerning this
Then you came to me and said, ‘Let us prime
ourselves, & see we do “due diligence”.
Let’s send some men ahead to spy it out
and bring reports about the route to take..
And your idea seemed good to me, no doubt;
and bring reports about the route to take..
And your idea seemed good to me, no doubt;
so I selected twelve of you to make
one representing each tribe of God’s folk.
They left and went up to the hill country,
and Valley of Eshkol and then each bloke
brought back reports (and fruit for all to see)
from the good land our God now gives to us.
You grumbled in your tents and said, ‘The Lord
hates us; that’s why he's gone to all this fuss,
to hand us to the Amorites he brought
us out of Egypt, he wants to destroy
us. Where can we go? Our hearts melt in fear.
Our brothers said: “We are to them like boys”..
“Their cities large.., & we saw giants near!”
But I said “God, the Lord, goes on before
you, & will fight for you, as he did back
in Egypt, as your very own eyes saw,
and in the wilderness, in that attack!
For there the Lord your God WAS your carriage,
just as a father carries his young son,
yet all the way you went you've disparaged,
& haven't thought to thank this very one!...
… You would not trust in Yahweh your God, who
had gone ahead of you on your journey;
protective fire by night burned with light too,
and shade from cloud by day did come from he
who searched out places for you to camp and
who showed the way you should go best from there.
And when the Lord heard what you said, he planned,
and angry swore that none should ever share ...
that evil generation would miss out
on seeing the good land he swore to give
their ancestors, except Caleb the scout
[he'll see it, and more than that he will live
to take the land he set his feet upon],
because he followed (trusting in) the Lord
wholeheartedly. His children when he's gone,
I don't think that they ever will get bored!
had gone ahead of you on your journey;
protective fire by night burned with light too,
and shade from cloud by day did come from he
who searched out places for you to camp and
who showed the way you should go best from there.
And when the Lord heard what you said, he planned,
and angry swore that none should ever share ...
that evil generation would miss out
on seeing the good land he swore to give
their ancestors, except Caleb the scout
[he'll see it, and more than that he will live
to take the land he set his feet upon],
because he followed (trusting in) the Lord
wholeheartedly. His children when he's gone,
I don't think that they ever will get bored!
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