Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
Numbers 13:2 KJV commentary https://bible.com/bible/1/num.13.2.KJV
How long after Miriam’s leprosy were the spies sent out.
If not too long then the lesson was really driven home 🏡.
That the people were just days away from the promise land and had to wait for the sister of Moses for her disregard for God’s servant.
I can imagine the gossip and mockery going on from tent to tent 🎪.
And these Israelites 🇮🇱, masters of murmurings even against t God would no means spare Miriam.. God knew 😊 and wanted her to learn the lesson hard.
https://bible.com/bible/1/num.13.2.KJV
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Numbers 13:28 KJV commentary https://bible.com/bible/1/num.13.28.KJV
Was this the faithlessness and faintness of heart ♥ the lord was trying to change all this while.
Alas the people’s hearts were still empty and devoid of God.
They rejected God and his promise through not inability but unbelief
https://bible.com/bible/1/num.13.28.KJV
NOTE 2
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
Numbers 13:28, 31-32 KJV commentary
https://bible.com/bible/1/num.13.28-32.KJV
GOd took them by a longer route less they see war and flee.
Yet after all this while of God teaching them his great wonders, they see not war but giants and could already imagine defeat in war. https://bible.com/bible/1/num.13.28.KJV