- What was the status of each of the 12 men sent out as spies?
They were princes.
- Since spies were sent from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, sons
of Joseph, why were there not 13 spies?
There was no one sent from the tribe of Levi.
- Moshe changed the name of one of the spies from what to what? What is
the difference?
Hoshea to Yehosuah. Hoshea means He (G-d) has helped; Yehosuah means
He (G-d) will help.
- Name four things they were to look for.
- Whether those who dwelt in the land were strong or weak;
- whether they were few or many;
- whether they dwelt in camps or strongholds;
- was the land good or bad;
- was the land fat or lean;
- was there wood.
- They were told to bring back which fruit of the land, telling us that
it was which month of the year?
The first ripe grapes; late July or August.
- From what place did they bring a large cluster of grapes? What other
fruits did they bring?
Valley of Eshchol; Figs and pomegranates
- How long did they spend on this spying mission? Name three other
prominent uses of this same number in the Torah.
40 days. Forty years in the desert; Moshe on the mount for 40 days;
40 days and 40 nights of rain during the flood.
- How did they describe the people they saw, particularly the sons of
Anak? And how did the Jews feel they appeared to the "giants"?
As giants. As grasshoppers
- When the people heard the report of the spies, what was their
reaction?
Better they had died in the land of Egypt or in the wilderness; they
wanted to appoint a leader to take them back to Egypt.
- Two of the spies dissented from the majority report. What were their
full names?
Caleb ben Jephunneh (yfuneh) and Yehosuah ben Nun.
- What was Hashem's reaction to the actions of the people and what did he say he was going to do; what did Moshe reply?
Hashem said that he would destroy all of the people except Moshe and start
over.
Moshe said that when the Egyptians hear that Hashem had
destroyed his people, they will say that after he had taken them out
with miracles, He was unable to bring them into the land he had sworn to
them.
- How then did Hashem determine to punish the people?
All those over the age of 20, except Yehosuah and Caleb, would
perish in the desert. Yehosua, Caleb, and the children would be allowed
to go into the Land.
- What was the punishment for those spies who brought the evil report?
They died of a plague.
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