The Biblical James Bond

In chapter 13 of Numbers Moses chooses twelve leaders--one from each clan--go to on ahead into the new land of Canaan and spy.

Unfortunately, not much is said about their travels and I doubt very much they had any cool gadgets like the fictional James Bond.  What they did was report back that the people of Canaan were like giants and even went on to say that "we felt as small as grasshoppers."

This was also the image they projected onto themselves--all except Caleb, who said they should attack now and that they were ready.

Chapter 14 sees an awful lot of complaining on the part of the Israelites.  A lot!  So much so that God tells Moses that he's going to wipe out everyone over the age of 20!  All except the people of Caleb and Joshua.  These two men were the only one who did not complain to God.  The people of the other ten leaders (who complained to God) went on to invade Canaan . . . only to perish because God was not with them.