We now have an account of the wanderings in the desert. The Israelites did not have the right to just any land, but only the land that God was giving them. In life we will only succeed at the things that God gives us to do, we will not succeed at other things. Now Esau was not favourably disposed to Israel, and did not have a part in her inheritance. Even so, Israel must not mistreat the people of Edom. In fact, they had to pay them properly for the things that they ate and drank.
During the wanderings the Lord provided for Israel. They needed to learn from this. The fact that the Lord provides for us should affect the way we live. We do not need to, and must not, go beyond what He has commanded. So, just as they had not to take the land of the Edomites, they were not to take the land of the Moabites.
All the fighting men who had refused to go into the Promised Land were now dead. Sometimes the Lord leads us on a journey in order to get rid of wrong attitudes and unbelief in our lives.
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