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Small Eyes – A poem for Parsha Sh’lach

So they knew where it was this whole time...
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June 11, 2026

Sh’lach 鈥 send (Numbers 13:1鈥15:41)

God told Moses to send scouts
to the promised land.

So they knew where it was
this whole time.

They came back like grasshoppers 鈥
not hopping, but small.

The words they said were an evil report.
They almost died of stones.

Egypt started looking pretty good
to the complainers.

This led to the forty-year delay.
They walked and walked until they were dead.

Except for their children who were
now approaching forty years old.

Hardly children anymore.
Except for Moses and Caleb and Joshua 鈥

the oldest of men, the ones who said
we could eat that fruit now, if we want.

We could be dousing our manna
in fig-honey, if we want.

No one thought to say, during the walking,
you know, it鈥檚 just over there.

Unclear if there really were giants
and fallen angels and Canaanites galore

or if their eyes were just
too small.


Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 29 books including 鈥淕od Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion.鈥 Visit him at

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