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June 1, 2026 - Numbers 13 & Psalm 119:1-8 · Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan, where we are seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength with God's word lighting the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Tyler Sanborn, Student Ministry Director at Compass Bible Church South Valley.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Monday, June first, twenty twenty six.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen intently to God's written word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Numbers thirteen.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: From each tribe of their fathers ye shall send a man, every one a chief among them.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paron, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel, and these were their names, from the tribe of Reuben, Shemua the son of Zachar, from the tribe of Simeon, Shapat the son of Hori, from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jefune, from the tribe of Isakar, Egal, the son of Joseph, from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun, from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, the son of Rafu, from the tribe of Zebulun, Gadel, the son of Sodi, from the tribe of Joseph, Gadi, the son of Susi, from the tribe of Dan, Amiel, the son of Gemali, from the tribe of Asher, Sether, the son of Mikael, from the tribe of Naphtali, Nabi, the son of Vopsi, from the tribe of Gad, Gael, the son of Makai.
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  SPEAKER_00: These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and Moses called Hoshea, the son of Nun Joshua.
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  SPEAKER_00: Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the Neg, and go up into the hill country and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds, and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not, be of good courage, and bring some of the fruit of the land.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zen to Rehab near Labohamath.
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  SPEAKER_00: They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron, Ahiman, Sheshi, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were there, and they came to the valley of Eshkol, and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: They also brought some pomegranates and figs.
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  SPEAKER_00: That place was called the Valley of Eschol because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there.
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  SPEAKER_00: At the end of the forty days they returned from spying out the land, and they came to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Praan at Kadesh.
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  SPEAKER_00: They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land, and they told him, We came to the land to which you sent us, it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large.
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  SPEAKER_00: And besides we saw the descendants of Anak there, the Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negab, the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the Jordan.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, The land through which we have gone to spy it out is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw there in it are of great height.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there we saw the Nephilim, and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalm one nineteen verses one through eight.
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  SPEAKER_00: Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes, then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments, I will praise you with an upright heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: When I learn your righteous rules, I will keep your statutes, do not utterly forsake me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now in our text today, as we look to Numbers chapter thirteen, we see a very famous story as the people of Israel draw near to the promised land, the land of Canaan, Moses sends out spies, one from every tribe, and we see uh them listed here in this chapter.
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  SPEAKER_00: And two of uh the names that we are going to draw near to and focus on are those of Caleb and Hosheah, who is better known as Joshua.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these two men, as we'll see in the upcoming chapters, are men of courage, men who love the Lord and remember the promises of God, and who are not afraid uh to overtake the people that are in this land and uh pursue them, go forward in taking the land that God has promised his people.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we think about the different uh promises and the different ways that God uh starting in Genesis 17 making promises to Abraham, uh, and the the land that would be uh for his descendants, a land flowing with uh milk and honey.
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  SPEAKER_00: And and uh we see the way even the ways that uh God would clear out the the promise land.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see the different uh promises of uh even hornets, even uh God's creation being used to drive out and send out the Hivites and the uh the Canaanites and the Hittites, uh, as early as Exodus uh 23.
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  SPEAKER_00: So God's promises and his provision um are being delivered to his people, and it's up to them to trust and believe that God is going to do what he said he would do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Moses in this opening uh verse is calling these men to go spy out, and he says, Send men, this is the Lord speaking to Moses, send men to spy out the land of Canaan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's focus in here which I am giving to the people of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is something that Yahweh is doing to follow through with his promises to their forefather, Father Abraham, and the the report is mixed, it's lopsided, and the majority of the people are afraid.
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  SPEAKER_00: The majority of these spies are saying, uh, we are we are little, we're tiny, we're like grasshoppers before these inhabitants, their cities are fortified and very large.
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  SPEAKER_00: As we look to verse 28, and there are uh people of great military might here, and they're everywhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: How can we possibly overcome them?
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  SPEAKER_00: We are not able to go up against this people because they are stronger than we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see that this report in verse 31, and uh we'll we'll see here in the upcoming chapters some bold men who are who are listed here in Numbers chapter 13.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are gonna be a couple bold men that are gonna say, No, we can we can take them.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a land that God has set aside and promised for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it begins here with Caleb speaking to the people, and they don't they don't respond well, as we'll see here in the next couple chapters.
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  SPEAKER_00: Caleb is saying in verse 30, let us go up at once and occupy it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's go take what is ours, what God has promised.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he goes on to say, for we are well able to overcome it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you have to be thinking that his heart in this statement is rooted and placed on on the the confidence he has in Yahweh.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh he believes in God's promises.
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  SPEAKER_00: If Yahweh says that this land is ours and he's gonna give it to us, so be it.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's all I need to hear.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the heart of Caleb in this moment, and he gets a pushback, he gets um he gets uh an opposite report uh from the uh other men that had gone up with him, and and they say we are not able to go up this against this people because they are stronger than we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there is some tension here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, you can see just the the pressure building as we look uh forward to Numbers chapter 14.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh something just to uh to remember to keep in mind as we we follow this this people who are spying out the land, who um are in the wilderness, approaching the promised land, we need to remember that God has promised the land of Canaan to his people, and that is a promise that he will deliver on.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we just need to watch and see how this unfolds and how um the faithful, those who hope and trust in God, how they respond in the contrast between uh those who are faithful and those who uh rebel in the wilderness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, as we look over to our psalm this morning, we see uh the opening eight verses of Psalm 119, and uh we have some some themes and tones here as we look back to the beginning of our journey, as we started in Psalm uh chapter one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh it starts in a very similar way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, uh, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong but walk in his ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in Psalm one, the opening verses uh read Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the the Lord's testimonies in focus here, uh visual imagery of of men walking forward in God's law and his testimonies, his commandments for his people, and uh the word blessed is repeated opening here uh twice, and they're happy, content, glad are these people who seek out the Lord, seek ways to please and obey him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, these people are are those who are who are steadfast and whose dependence is on the Lord's uh faithfulness in them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh they those who uh are not put to shame are the people who are trusting and believing with full assurance that God is going to do what he says he's going to do, and those who who keep the commandments, uh the testimonies of the Lord, those people will not be put to shame because their reward is is knowing uh God, being known by God, and um reaping the benefits of a life that is just honoring the Lord and pleasing him.
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  SPEAKER_00: The heart of the psalmist here, as we look to the last two verses, put our focus on desiring to know the rules, the righteous rules of the Lord, and and just delighting in them with with a with an upright heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Verse 7 reads, I will praise you with an upright heart when I learn your righteous rules.
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  SPEAKER_00: And concluding with our verse today in verse 8, I will keep your statutes, do not utterly forsake me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't cast me away, don't abandon me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, Lord, I am following after you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're the leader, I'm the follower, I am the sheep, and you are the shepherd.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm dependent on you, I am going in the direction in the ways that you would lead me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't let me be put to shame as I fix my eyes on your commandments.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh, there is a great joy to experience when you are following and trusting in the Lord's leading.
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  SPEAKER_00: As we look to the scriptures in the Psalm uh here, as we open Psalm 119, we're gonna see uh this beautiful confession of the psalmist as he just adores and worships the Lord uh through his commandments and through his words.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what a great reminder for us today as well to continue to do no wrong and walk in the way, uh the ways of the Lord and seek after God with our whole hearts.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as a result, we will be blessed, those who walk in the law of the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want to be um blessed.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have the ultimate blessing as believers in the gift of salvation, and we have the great privilege and gift in being an ambassador uh of Jesus Christ and uh the privilege of sharing this rich and beautiful truth of the gospel with a lost world and seeing just the joy that God brings into the lives of sinners as they turn from their sin and put their hope and their trust in God and his law that says there is hope for the sinner.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is salvation that is awaiting for those who would bend the knee to God, confess their sin, uh, repent, turn from it, and put their hope and trust in God and believe in the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a faith element in this uh this psalmist this morning is looking uh to the Lord in faith and trusting that his way is best, his law is pure, his law is perfect, and his confidence and his blessing, his happiness, his gladness is found in the law, in the ways that God would lead him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for joining us today on the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Podcast.
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