Moses sent men to explore the land of Canaan, which God had promised to give to the Israelites. Moses chose 12 leaders to explore Canaan and come back with a thorough report.
But fear settled deep into the hearts of these messengers: “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size...We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”