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Thursday
First Lesson
Numbers 13:17-26, 30-33
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said
unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the
mountain:
18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth
therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good
or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in
tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there
be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring
of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe
grapes.
21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness
of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where
Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now
Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from
thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it
between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates,
and of the figs.
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster
of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all
the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness
of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto
all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us
go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome
it.
31 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.
32 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.
33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come
of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers,
and so we were in their sight.
1st Lesson Questions -
Why did they bring an evil report about Canaan? (V. 32) RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Hebrews 13:1-8
1 Let brotherly love continue.
2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares.
3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them
which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers
and adulterers God will judge.
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content
with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave
thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will
not fear what man shall do unto me.
7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken
unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the
end of their conversation.
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Of this list of "how to show brotherly love", which do I need to work on the most? RESOLVE.