Bible Explorer · Journey · 11 Stops
The foundational forty-year journey of Israel led by Moses and the pillar of cloud and fire through the Sinai Peninsula, Negev, and Arabah, encompassing covenant revelation at Sinai, desert trials and provisions, and arrival at the threshold of the Promised Land.
Follow the full biblical biography of Moses.
Israel journeys three days into the wilderness of Shur and encamps at Marah, where bitter waters are sweetened.
Encampment at the refreshing oasis of Elim with twelve water springs and seventy date palm trees.
Israel finds no drinking water; Moses strikes the rock at Massah-Meribah, and Joshua defeats the Amalekites while Aaron and Hur hold up Moses’ hands.
Israel encamps before the holy mountain for nearly a year, receiving the Law, entering the covenant, and building the Tabernacle.
The multitude craves meat; God sends dense clouds of quail and strikes the discontented with a severe plague at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Miriam and Aaron challenge Moses’ prophetic uniqueness at Hazeroth; Miriam is struck with temporary leprosy and healed after Moses prays.
From Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, twelve scouts explore Canaan; ten bring an evil report, bringing God’s decree of forty years wandering until that generation perishes.
Encampment at Ezion-geber on the northern gulf coast of Aqaba during the decades of wandering in the southern wilderness.
Israel reaches the border of Edom; Aaron ascends Mount Hor with Moses and Eleazar, transfers his priestly vestments, and dies at age 123.
Journeying through the desert around Edom, the people murmur and are bitten by poisonous serpents; Moses mounts the bronze serpent for their healing.
Israel encamps across the Jordan from Jericho in the plains of Moab, where Balaam blesses the camp and Moses delivers his farewell addresses before his death.