Da Twelve Spies

Da Israel peopo wen leave Mount Sinai an go tru Paran Boonies to one place called Kadesh. Ova dea, Jehovah tell Moses: ‘Sen 12 guys, one from each tribe, fo spock out Canaan, da land I goin give you guys.’ So Moses wen pick 12 guys an tell um: ‘Go Canaan, an find out wat kine dirt get an if good fo grow stuff. Check out if da peopo strong or weak, wedda dey live in tents or towns wit walls.’ So Joshua, Caleb, an da odda 10 spies wen go Canaan.

Afta 40 days dey come back, an wen bring figs, pomagrams, an grapes. Da spies tell: ‘Da land iz good, but da peopo stay real strong an dea towns get big walls all aroun um.’ But Caleb tell: ‘Fo shua we can take ova da land. We go now!’ You kno how come Caleb say dat? Cuz him an Joshua wen trus Jehovah. But da odda ten spies tell: ‘No can! Dey humangus, an moa strong den us! We look jalike grasshoppas nex to dem.’

Da Israel guys wuz all bum out. Dey had grumbo an tell each odda: ‘We go pick anodda leada guy an go back Egypt. Why we go Canaan ony fo mahke?’ Joshua an Caleb tell um: ‘No go agains Jehovah an no be sked. Jehovah goin proteck us.’ But dey no like lissen an even wanted fo kill Joshua an Caleb!

Wat Jehovah wen do? He tell Moses: ‘Afta eryting I wen do fo dese guys, dey still no like lissen me. So cuz of dat, dey goin stay in da boonies fo 40 years, an mahke ova dea. Ony da kids an Joshua an Caleb goin live in da land I wen promise fo give dem.’