[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-80538-en":3,"doc-seo-80538-105":28,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":90},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":11,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":11,"is_downloadable":11,"audit_status":11,"page_count":20,"language":21,"language_code":22,"site_id":23,"html_lang":22,"table_of_contents":24,"faqs":25,"seo_title":13,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":26,"read_time":27},80538,1099514068365,"Aurelia","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/10000253d8d9f28188e?_k=1776742907772140068",1,"Story & Novel","Wandering in the Wilderness","Wandering in the Wilderness recounts Israel’s journey from Mount Sinai toward the Promised Land (Canaan) and the covenant obligations that shaped their choices. God leads the people by a pillar of cloud and fulfills promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob while confronting Canaanites who worship false gods. Moses sends twelve leaders to scout the land, where reports of fertility compete with warnings about fortified cities and fear. Caleb and Joshua affirm that God will fight for Israel.","14. Wandering in the Wilderness  \nA Bible story from Exodus 16-17;  \nNumbers 10-14; 20; 27; Deuteronomy 34  \nEnglish Spiritual  \n14. Wandering in the Wilderness  \nDistant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community. Illustrations are © Sweet Publishing.  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2015, unfolding Word | Open Bible Stories  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nThis work is a derivative of \"Creative Commons Open Bible Stories\" attributed to [unfoldingWord.org](unfoldingWord.org) used under CC BY SA 4.0. All included images originate from “Bible Images from Sweet Publishing” attributed to Sweet Publishing used under CC BY SA 3.0.  \nAfter God had told the Israelites the laws that he wanted them to obey as part of his covenant with them, they left Mount Sinai. God began leading them toward the Promised Land, which was also called Canaan. The pillar of cloud went ahead of them toward Canaan and they followed it.  \nGod had promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give the Promised Land to their descendants, but now there were many people groups living there. They were called Canaanites. The Canaanites did not worship or obey God. They worshiped false gods and did many evil things.  \nGod told the Israelites,“You must get rid of all the Canaanites in the Promised Land. Do not make peace with them and do not marry them. You must completely destroy all of their idols. If you do not obey me, you will worship their idols instead of me.”  \nWhen the Israelites reached the border of Canaan, Moses chose twelve men, one from each tribe of Israel. He gave the men instructions to go and spy on the land to see what it was like. They were also to spy on the Canaanites to see if they were strong or weak.  \nThe twelve men traveled through Canaan for forty days and then they came back. They told the people,“The land is very fertile and the crops are plentiful!” But ten of the spies said,“The cities are very strong and the people are giants! If we attack them, they will certainly defeat us and kill us!”  \nImmediately Caleb and Joshua, the other two spies, said,“It is true that the people of Canaan are tall and strong, but we can certainly defeat them! God will fight for us!”","cbCaichXVQgcP16Z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaichXVQgcP16Z","pdf",376144,21,"English","en",105,"# Journey Toward Canaan\n## God’s guidance and covenant\n## Promised Land and the Canaanites\n# Sending the Twelve Spies\n## Scouting the land\n## Contrasting reports","[{\"question\":\"How does God lead the Israelites toward the Promised Land?\",\"answer\":\"God began leading them toward Canaan, and the pillar of cloud went ahead of them as they followed it.\"},{\"question\":\"Why were the Israelites instructed to deal with the Canaanites?\",\"answer\":\"The Canaanites did not worship or obey God; they worshiped false gods and did evil. 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