shinewriter

Back in my younger days we used to sing a song in school. The first few lines go,

I love to go a wandering along the mountain track,
And as I go I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back.

I don’t think the children of Israel would have been singing. Their wandering was a punishment. They didn’t listen to God. Plus the fact that they had irked Him with their constant complaining. This group of people should have known better. Some of the gripes recorded are:-

Way 11:1-3
Food 11:4-6
Giants 13:33-14:2
Leadership 16:3
Divine judgement 16:41
Desert 20:2-5
Food again 21:5

This book is only one of a five part serial that is known as the Pentateuch. These five books were originally one volume with Moses being accepted as the author. Together these books give us a historical outlook of God’s chosen people. Here they are often referred to as the children of Israel.

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