Numbers Chapter 13 — The Twelve Spies Quiz Flashcards

#1

How many men did Moses send to spy out the land of Canaan?

📖 Numbers 13:1-2

#2

Which tribe did Caleb represent when sent as one of the twelve spies?

📖 Numbers 13:6

#3

How long did the spies spend exploring the land of Canaan?

📖 Numbers 13:25

#4

What evidence of the land's fertility did the spies bring back to Moses?

📖 Numbers 13:23-24

#5

What was the primary concern the majority of spies reported about the inhabitants of Canaan?

📖 Numbers 13:28-29

#6

Which spy, along with Caleb, gave a minority report encouraging the Israelites to go up and possess the land?

📖 Numbers 13:30, 14:6-9

#7

According to the spies' report, which peoples inhabited the land of Canaan?

📖 Numbers 13:29

#8

What did the ten spies claim about the giants they saw in Canaan?

📖 Numbers 13:33

#2

Tribe of Judah

Numbers 13:6 identifies Caleb son of Jephunneh as the representative of the tribe of Judah among the twelve spies.

Numbers 13:6

#1

Twelve men

Numbers 13:1-2 explicitly states that the LORD instructed Moses to send twelve men, one from each tribe of Israel, to scout the land of Canaan.

Numbers 13:1-2

#4

A bunch of grapes, pomegranates, and figs

Numbers 13:23-24 describes how the spies cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large it required two men to carry it, along with pomegranates and figs, demonstrating the land's abundance.

Numbers 13:23-24

#3

Forty days

Numbers 13:25 states that after forty days of scouting, the spies returned to Moses with their report and the fruit they had gathered.

Numbers 13:25

#6

Joshua son of Nun

Numbers 13:30 and 14:6-9 indicate that Joshua son of Nun joined Caleb in urging the people to trust God and enter Canaan, despite the majority's fearful report.

Numbers 13:30, 14:6-9

#5

The inhabitants were too strong and the cities were fortified

Numbers 13:28-29 records that the spies reported the land was good but that the people living there were powerful and the cities were fortified, instilling fear in the Israelites about their ability to conquer it.

Numbers 13:28-29

#8

The Nephilim were in the land and the Israelites seemed like grasshoppers in their sight

Numbers 13:33 records the spies saying, 'We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them,' referring to the Nephilim and giants they claimed to have seen in the land.

Numbers 13:33

#7

The Amalekites, Canaanites, Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites

Numbers 13:29 lists the various peoples living in the land: the Amalekites in the Negev, Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites in the hill country, and Canaanites by the sea.

Numbers 13:29

#9

Which spy represented the tribe of Levi among the twelve spies?

📖 Numbers 13:1-15

#10

What name did Moses give to Hoshea before he went as a spy?

📖 Numbers 13:16

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#10

Joshua

Numbers 13:16 indicates that Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua (meaning 'the LORD saves'), distinguishing him among the spies and prophetically connecting his name to God's salvation.

Numbers 13:16

#9

There was no spy from the tribe of Levi

Numbers 13 lists one spy from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, but the tribe of Levi was not represented among the spies because Levi was set apart for priestly service rather than tribal inheritance.

Numbers 13:1-15

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