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Num 13:1-3 God’s promise to give the promised land of “Canaan” to the people of Israel, the land overflowing with “milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8), had first been given to Abraham (Genesis 15:18-21), then confirmed to Isaac (Genesis 26:3) and to Jacob (Genesis 28:13). The “promised land” of the Old Testament can be symbolically likened to the “kingdom of heaven” …
Ex 17:8 The Amalekites were a people of the Negev and the Sinai desert, descended from Amalek, grandson of Esau (Gen 36:12). Possibly the Amalekites are worried that the people of Israel are about to take over their territory and therefore attack as a preventive measure. Since Israel was descended from Jacob, Esau’s brother, the Amalekites should therefore have been …