In the Wilderness: The Israelites on the Move

Text for discussion: Numbers 2.  

Some scholars have doubted that such large numbers of people could have crossed the barren lands on the way from Egypt to the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey . . . . 

Though the event was miraculously guided by God, the numbers do not have to bow to the concerns of skeptics.  Comparisons with other large movements of people show that this movement is plausible and possible.  

The hymn:  Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me (public domain).  

The artwork: The tabernacle, engraving from Robert Arnauld d'Andilly's 1683 translation of Josephus. Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons