49: The journey Summary - wandering in the wilderness (Num 33:1 - 40)

They traveled 40 years after the Exodus.

πŸ‘‰ Read Numbers 33:1-40

The Bible describes the Exodus this way. ‘The Israelites went out defiantly in (            ) sight of all the Egyptians. Now the Egyptians were burying their (               ). The Lord also executed judgments on their (        ).’

 

Journey from Rameses to the desert of Sinai (verses           ). From the desert of Sinai to Kadesh (verses            ). From Kadesh to the plain of Moab (verses            ).

 

Tell the name of the place.

(         ): twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees

(         ): They got the Ten Commandments. (Ex 19)

(         ): They craved for meat (Num 11)

(         ): They complained about water. God rebuked Moses (Num 20)

(         ): Aaron died. It is the fortieth year from Exodus.

 

Answers and Meditations

Plain, firstborn, gods

The Bible vividly contrasts the deliverance of the Israelites and the judgment of the Egyptians. Just as their Exodus was a part of God's work, the Canaanite conquest also will be the work of God, the Lord's judgment upon the Canaanites. 

 

5-15, 16-36, 37-49

It is hard to approximate the present locations of those places. Also, some places could have been missing from this record.

Interestingly, Kadesh-Barnea, where they sent out spies, is not mentioned here. Note that there were two places called Kadesh in the Bible: Kadesh-Barnea in the wilderness of Paran and Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. It is unclear whether the two Kadesh referred to the same place.

You can find the episode at Kibroth Hattaavah (verse 16) from Ch 11. The episode in Hazeroth (verse 17) is in Ch 12. The episode in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin (verse 36) is in Ch 20.

 

Elim

The desert of Sinai

Kibroth Hattaavah

Kadesh

Mt. Hor

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