By Way of the Wilderness by Gilbert Morris

Author:Gilbert Morris [Morris, Gilbert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042030, FIC042000, FIC026000
ISBN: 9781441262400
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2012-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Many found it strange that Moses had chosen Joshua, the son of Nun, to be always at his right hand. Not a little jealousy ensued among the Hebrews as a result of Moses’ choice, for Joshua was a young man that few people noticed, but Moses had seen in him a quality that he had found in no one else. He mentioned this to Miriam, saying, “I’ve not found so much faith in any of our people. He never doubts the Lord God.”

Joshua was probably more surprised than anyone that he was chosen for such an honorable position. He was a tough man of no more than average height, but was built like an oak and possessed an absolute fearlessness.

After the waters closed in upon Pharaoh and his army, and the people were celebrating their deliverance, Joshua did not join in the singing. He felt almost envious as he watched the dancers and singers who lifted up their voices in an explosive cry of praise to their God. But he himself was not a singing man.

What interested Joshua most was what they could salvage from the destruction of Pharaoh and the soldiers of Egypt. He begged Moses to let them stay by the shores of the Red Sea until the bodies of the Egyptians washed up, and they could take their weapons and armor.

Moses agreed, and the people gave shouts of joy as it happened just as Joshua said it would. In addition to the armor and weapons they found gold and silver treasure, for it was customary for the chariot captains to carry precious-metal images of their gods to help them in battle. They also found rich clothing, such as the silk tunics the soldiers wore under their armor. But Joshua and the young men who gathered themselves around him cared little for this. What they sought and found were the quivers full of arrows suspended on the bodies of the soldiers and anything else in the way of weaponry.

Finally Moses gave the command to go forward, and the pillar of cloud began to move down the Suez arm of the Red Sea and directly into the Desert of Shur. Moses, of course, knew that this would be so, for God had told him when speaking out of the burning bush that after the people were delivered they would serve Him on Mount Sinai.

The people were ecstatic over their deliverance. There was still plenty of food in the packs on their backs and in the carts that they pulled, and every night the camp was filled with singing and rejoicing. Moses was in a continual state of excitement, seeing the hand of God at work. Many Hebrew children were safely born, and the people marveled to see this miracle occur many times. Moses was also aware of the foreigners who had joined them and who had come to be called the “mixed multitude.” He himself had no doubt that this was God’s will.

When he spoke to Joshua about

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