May 8, 2011 – Numbers 10

This, I have always wondered.  Did they know where they were going.  Did they know where Abraham and Isaac and Jacob had lived.  The Holy Land is not the far from Egypt, yet it seems that many of them don’t know what they are getting or going to.  They have been slaves their whole lives and probably have never left Egypt.  So even though Abraham and Isaac and Jacob were in the land they are going to, they may have no idea what it is like. 

But they should have some sense of direction.  Like I said, it is not too far of a journey and they should make it in no time.  It says “in the second year” is when they first set out with all the preparations, so they have been idle for a while, but even with such a big group, I wouldn’t think it would take too long to get to the Holy Land.  They are in the desert 40 years because of their lack of faith when they see who is in the Holy Land, I guess we haven’t gotten to that point yet.  But it does show a lot of faith in God if you know you are suppose to be heading northeast and you follow a cloud deeper into the wilderness heading south east.