9 myths
Twelve spies slipped through Canaan's open gates while the cities buried their dead, then came home swearing the land devoured its own people.
God approved every man Moses chose. Ten of them made a private agreement before crossing the border to bring back a report that would keep them in power.
The crowd silenced Joshua before he finished a sentence. Caleb found another way in, using a trick that made him look like he was about to betray Moses.
He paid four hundred coins and crossed the sea for one forbidden night, then his own fringes rose up and slapped him off the bed.
While ten spies conspired against entering Canaan, Caleb slipped away to Hebron to pray at the patriarchs' graves. He needed help the living could not give.
Israel asks for scouts after crossing the sea and eating manna. Rabbi Shimon calls it shameful: they trusted God in scarcity but doubted Him at the border.
Plague blood flows from Egyptian mouths, the spies doom a generation, Dathan and Abiram refuse to come to court, and Moses fears being forgotten.
Twelve scouts crept into Canaan through plague-emptied streets and hid inside a discarded fruit rind a giant's daughter mistook for litter.
Three towering brothers boasted that no one dared face them, and twelve scouts saw themselves as insects while one man broke away to beg the dead for courage.
