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WHEN Moses had led the Hebrews away from thence to a place called
Paran, which was near to the borders of the Canaanites, and a place
difficult to be continued in, he gathered the multitude together to a congregation;
and standing in the midst of them, he said, "Of the two things that
God determined to bestow upon us, liberty, and the possession of a Happy
Country, the one of them ye already are partakers of, by the gift of God,
and the other you will quickly obtain; for we now have our abode near the
borders of the Canaanites, and nothing can hinder the acquisition of it,
when we now at last are fallen upon it: I say, not only no king nor city,
but neither the whole race of mankind, if they were all gathered together,
could do it. Let us therefore prepare ourselves for the work, for the Canaanites
will not resign up their land to us without fighting, but it must be wrested
from them by great struggles in war. Let us then send spies, who may take
a view of the goodness of the land, and what strength it is of; but, above
all things, let us be of one mind, and let us honor God, who above all
is our helper and assister."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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