Excerpt from The Bible Educator, Vol. 2 The attempt of Caleb to calm the people's fears and in spire courage, fails utterly. The disafi'ection increases, and swells into a violent insurrection. Again the noble-hearted Caleb, and Joshua, who is now associated with him by name, throw themselves into the breach. Regardless of their own personal danger, for all the congregation bade stone them with stones (numb. Xiv. They boldly assert the truth, and use all their efforts to reuse the panic-stricken crowd from their despondency. The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us. Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not (vs. 7 In censed beyond endurance by this attempt to thwart their rash resolve, the people are proceeding to open violence, when a Divine interposition saves Joshua and Caleb from death. The glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel (ver. Immediately the Divine sentence is pronounced against the rebellious nation, only spared once more from utter extermination by the intercession of Moses. They are condemned to atone for their rebellion, by aforty years' wandering in the desert until all who had thought scorn of that pleasant land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.