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Course · 9 lessons · Forty years with God

Wanderings in the Wilderness

Bread from heaven, water from the rock, the law on Sinai, twelve spies, a serpent of brass and a talking donkey — forty years of God’s care.

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  1. 1Bread from HeavenExodus 16:1–36 · Wilderness of SinIn the wilderness the people complained that they were hungry. God sent quails in the evening and, in the morning, small white bread called manna on…
  2. 2Water from the RockExodus 17:1–7 · RephidimAt Rephidim there was no water and the people argued with Moses. God told Moses to strike the rock in Horeb with his rod, and water came out for…
  3. 3The Ten CommandmentsExodus 19:1–20:21 · Deuteronomy 5 · Mount SinaiAt Mount Sinai there was thunder, lightning, a thick cloud and the sound of a trumpet. God came down on the mountain and spoke the Ten Commandments,…
  4. 4The Golden CalfExodus 32:1–34:9 · Mount SinaiWhile Moses was on the mount, the people asked Aaron to make a god. He made a golden calf and they worshipped it. Moses prayed for the people, and…
  5. 5Building the TabernacleExodus 25:1–9 · 35:20–29 · 40:33–38 · The campGod asked the people to bring gifts with willing hearts to build a tabernacle, a holy tent where He would dwell among them. When it was finished,…
  6. 6Twelve SpiesNumbers 13:1–14:10 · KadeshGod told Moses to send twelve men, one from every tribe, to search the land of Canaan, and after forty days they came back with a cluster of grapes…
  7. 7The Serpent of BrassNumbers 21:4–9 · The way of the Red seaOn the long way around the land of Edom the people grew discouraged and spoke against God and against Moses, and fiery serpents came among them and…
  8. 8Balaam’s DonkeyNumbers 22:21–35 · The road to MoabBalak king of Moab wanted the prophet Balaam to curse Israel, and Balaam saddled his ass and went with the princes of Moab, though God was angry…
  9. 9Moses Sees the Promised LandDeuteronomy 34:1–12 · Mount NeboAt the end of his life Moses went up mount Nebo to the top of Pisgah, and the LORD showed him all the land He had promised to Abraham, to Isaac and…