The Wilderness Wanderings - Numbers 9-20
The Israelites had a hard time trusting God. Even though God had taken care of them throughout their journey, they still did not like their surroundings. They complained a lot. They complained because they did not have water. God then provided water for them. They did the same thing with food, and God provided manna. Then they wanted meat, and God made it so that the camp was flooded with birds. They were an ungrateful people who did not trust God.
God was bringing them near the Promised Land. When they reached the border of the land, they sent spies in. There were twelve spies, to start with, but only two of them, Joshua and Caleb, believed that they could defeat the people who already lived in that land. God had promised the Israelites the land of Canaan, but the people did not believe that God was able to keep that promise. They were afraid to enter the land, so God punished them by making them wander in the wilderness for forty years.
The Israelites sinned against God many times. God was faithful to them though, and He never left them. During the day, God would lead the people through the desert with a cloud, and by night He would lead them by a pillar of fire. He continued to have His Tabernacle with them. God continued to give them food to eat, and protection. He caused their shoes to never wear out.
As time went by, the grown-ups all died off because they refused to trust in God. They died in the wilderness and never went into the Promised Land. The children were able to go in though, but it was not without difficulties.
The time period for this event was around 1446-1406 B.C.
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