God's Guidance & Provision

Three million people camping in the wilderness requires four million pounds of food, eleven million gallons of water, and eight million pounds of firewood on a daily basis. Additionally, the enormous campground would cover 750 square miles.

To bring in that much food, water and firewood would require a freight train more than 1,800 miles long. This was not a one-time occurrence, but a 40-year operation sustained by God. Lucifer created strife and unbelief among the Hebrews and they dreamt of the food they had in Egypt as slaves.

As a result, God delivered manna for breakfast and quail in the evening. The discontent continued until an army of Amalekites showed up to fight and the Israelites fought as a people group for the first time, learning they will always win with God on their side. Moses set up a judicial system and Jethro helped refine it, preparing the Hebrews to receive spiritual laws unlike anything on earth.