I'm actually glad I got this passage today... tho it's just a long list of names that are hard to pronounce, I got curious and Googled up the journey of the Israelites to find these places on a map.
My first reaction was... what da heck? Why in the world did they take this route? No wonder it took 40 years... distance wise, it looks like I can drive from Egypt to Canaan in about 13 hours. I did hear that this passage was the only passage through the desert that could provide water and food for the people, but still.
Like it says in the reflection section today, I'm glad all these events at their camps are recorded. All their mistakes through these 40 years, as well as God's blessings, are written in the Bible. From Egypt to Canaan, the things that God revealed to the Israelites still speak strong to me today because my heart is just as prone to wander as those of the Israelites. And God is still the big, mighty and awesome god that he was back then. I want to journal my own journey with God too.
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that map is coo ~~
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