NUMBERS 14:26-38
Even Joshua and Caleb, who dared to believe God, had to return to the wilderness with the
others. Joshua and Caleb had to suffer along with them for 38 more years. This is an example of
the way decisions affect other people. But the faith of Joshua and Caleb was characterized by
great patience. Because they believed God, they were able to endure even the experiences of the
desert without losing hope.
After God pronounced that none would enter the land except Joshua and Caleb and the younger
generation, the Bible records God’s judgment on the ten spies. They were judged by physical
death right there and then.
The men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to
murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, even those men that did bring up the
evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord” (Num. 14:36-37).
Surely this judgment caused the others to realize that the Lord was not to be trifled with. This
surely underscored in their minds that God expects to be taken at His word and not mocked by
unbelief.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Heb. 10:31).
Theodore Epp
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