Joshua and Caleb Plead Before the Tabernacle

Prompt

Numbers 14: When the people weep and want to return to Egypt, Joshua and Caleb rend their clothes and cry out, The land is an exceeding good land, fear them not. Joshua and Caleb stand large and central before the tabernacle, their tunics torn at the neck, arms flung out in passionate appeal toward the unseen crowd. Just behind them Moses and Aaron lie face down on the ground in prayer, and a brilliant glory of light begins to blaze from the tabernacle door. Desperate, courageous, charged mood in bright, clear light. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.