Reference: Wandering
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of the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter the Promised Land (Nu 14:26-35). They wandered for forty years before they were permitted to cross the Jordan (Jos 4:19; 5:6).
The record of these wanderings is given in Nu 33:1-49. Many of the stations at which they camped cannot now be identified.
Questions of an intricate nature have been discussed regarding the "Wanderings," but it is enough for us to take the sacred narrative as it stands, and rest assured that "He led them forth by the right way" (Ps 107:1-7,33-35). (See Wilderness.)
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Then Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron: How long must I put up with this wicked congregation that keeps complaining about me? I have heard the complaints the Israelites are making about me. read more. Therefore tell them: 'As I live, declares Jehovah, I solemnly swear I will do everything to you that you said I would do. Your bodies will drop dead in this desert. All of you who are at least twenty years old, who were registered and listed, and who complained about me will die. I raised my hand and swore an oath to give you this land to live in. But none of you will enter it except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. You said your children would be taken as prisoners of war. Instead, I will bring them into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it. But your bodies will drop dead in this desert. Your children will be shepherds in the desert for forty years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies dead in the desert. You explored the land for forty days. So for forty years, one year for each day, you will suffer for your sins and know what it means for me to be against you.' I, Jehovah, have spoken. I swear I will do these things to all the people in this whole wicked congregation. For they have joined forces against me. They will meet their end in this desert. Here they will die!'
This is a list of all the places where the Israelites set up camp after they left Egypt in organized groups under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. Jehovah command Moses to wrote down the places where they went as they traveled. This is the list: read more. They moved from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. The Israelites boldly left in full view of all the Egyptians. The Egyptians buried all their firstborn sons, whom Jehovah had killed in a mighty act of judgment on their gods. The Israelites moved from Rameses and set up camp at Succoth. They moved from Succoth and set up camp on the edge of the desert at Etham. They moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, east of Baal Zephon. They set up camp near Migdol. They moved from Pi Hahiroth and went through the middle of the sea into the desert. After they traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they set up camp at Marah. From there they went to Elim, where they camped. There were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees there. They left Elim and camped near the Gulf of Suez. Their next camp was in the desert of Zin. Then the Israelites camped at Dophkah, and after that at Alush. Next was Rephidim, where there was no water for them to drink. They moved from Rephidim and set up camp in the Desert of Sinai. They moved from the Desert of Sinai and set up camp at Kibroth Hattaavah. They moved from Kibroth Hattaavah and set up camp at Hazeroth. They moved from Hazeroth and set up camp at Rithmah. They moved from Rithmah and set up camp at Rimmon Perez. They moved from Rimmon Perez and set up camp at Libnah. They moved from Libnah and set up camp at Rissah. They moved from Rissah and set up camp at Kehelathah. They moved from Kehelathah and set up camp at Mount Shepher. They moved from Mount Shepher and set up camp at Haradah. They moved from Haradah and set up camp at Makheloth. They moved from Makheloth and set up camp at Tahath. They moved from Tahath and set up camp at Terah. They moved from Terah and set up camp at Mithcah. They moved from Mithcah and set up camp at Hashmonah. They moved from Hashmonah and set up camp at Moseroth. They moved from Moseroth and set up camp at Bene Jaakan. They moved from Bene Jaakan and set up camp at Hor Haggidgad. They moved from Hor Haggidgad and set up camp at Jotbathah. They moved from Jotbathah and set up camp at Abronah. They moved from Abronah and set up camp at Ezion Geber. They moved from Ezion Geber and set up camp at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin. They moved from Kadesh and set up camp at Mount Hor on the border of Edom. Jehovah commanded Aaron the priest to go up on Mount Hor. He died there on the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the Israelites left Egypt. Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming. They moved from Mount Hor and set up camp at Zalmonah. They moved from Zalmonah and set up camp at Punon. The Israelites moved from Punon and set up camp at Oboth. Then they moved from Oboth and set up camp at Iye Abarim on the border of Moab. They moved from Iyim and set up camp at Dibongad. Thaey moved fromDibongad and set up camp at Almon Diblathaim. They moved from Almon Diblathaim and set up camp in the Abarim Mountains east of Nebo. They moved from the Abarim Mountains and set up camp on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. They set up camp on the plains of Moab along the Jordan. Their camp extended from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.
The people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
The children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah. Jehovah swore that he would not show them the land, which he swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey.
Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good. His loving kindness endures forever. Let the redeemed by Jehovah say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, read more. And gathered out of the lands, from the east (sunrise) and from the west (sunset), from the north and from the south. They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way. They found no city to live in. Hungry and thirsty, they fainted within. Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble. He delivered them out of their distress. He led them also by a straight way that they might go to a city to live in.
He changes rivers into a desert, springs into thirsty ground, and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there. read more. He changes deserts into lakes (marshland) and dry ground into springs.