Tried and Found Wanting

"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel." Numbers 13:1. According to this notice, Moses acted in response to an express command of God, when he sent forth the spies, while according to a statement found in his first farewell address to the people, this action was taken by him because the people had so requested. "And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible...