The history of the report of the twelve spies has an application to us as a people. The scenes of cowardly complaining and drawing back from action when there are risks to be encountered are re-enacted among us today. The same unwillingness is manifested to heed faithful reports and true counsel as in the days of Caleb and Joshua. The servants of God, who bear the burden of His cause, practicing strict self-denial and suffering privation for the sake of helping His people, are seldom better appreciated now than they were then. {4T 154.3}

Historien om de tolv spejderes efterretninger har noget at fortælle os som et folk. Sceenen for krysteragtig beklagelse og vende sig væk, når der er risiko for at blive modsagt, bliver gentaget blandt os i dag. Den samme uvillighed vises ved forsigtighed over for redelige beretninger og sande råd, ligesom i Kalebs og Josuas dage. Guds tjenere, som bærer byrde for hans sag og praktiserer streng selvfornægtelse og lider afsavn for at kunne hjælpe hans (155) folk, påskønnes sjældent bedre nu end dengang.