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Counter-Intelligence: Spying the Truth

This week we discuss the spies who were sent by Moses to investigate the Land of Canaan in anticipation of the Israelite conquest.

Not only did the spies fail in their mission, but their subsequent incitement of the entire nation against G-d and Moses were considered by G-d to be extraordinarily rebellious.

As a result of the people’s acquiescence to the spies’ negative report about the Land of Israel, the entire nation was forced to wander the desert wilderness for forty years until a new generation would arise that was fit to enter the land.

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Where did the spies go wrong?  What was their particular responsibility? Why did they fail?

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