st enough to eat through the day, and no more.
The morning before the Sabbath they must gather enough for two days,
for none would fall on the Sabbath. This was the bread that the
heavenly Father provided for his children through all the years of
their journey from Egypt to Canaan, and they called it "Manna."

There were hard things to bear in the wilderness. Often when they
wanted water for their little ones and their cattle, and could not find
it, they were like fretful children when they were tired and thirsty.
Once, at Horeb, Moses struck a rock with his wonderful rod, and water
sprung out in a stream.

There were enemies also in the way. The Amelikites came out to fight
with the Israelites. The strong men went to meet the enemy, but Moses
stood on a hill with the rod of God in his hand, and Aaron and Hur were
with him. While Moses held up the rod, Israel prevailed; but when he
let down his hand Amalek prevailed.

But Moses grew tired and they placed a stone for him to sit upon, and
Aaron and Hur held up his hands on either side until the going down of
the sun, when Amalek was conquered. Moses built an altar there, and
called it "The Lord my Banner."

They were now drawing near the Mount, where Moses saw the burning bush,
and heard the Lord calling him to be the leader of his people.

They were far out of their way to Canaan, but it was in the Lord's
purpose to bring them into obedience and faith before he brought them
into the promised land. They had lived long among the Egyptians, and
were very far from being like Jacob and Joseph, but there were good and
true men like Aaron, and Joshua, and Hur, who helped Moses. It was
about three months after the children of Israel left Egypt, that they
came into the wilderness of Sinai. There the "Mount of God" still
lifts its great granite cliffs toward the sky. There are high valleys
midway where it is cooler than below, and there the people encamped and
waited to hear what God would say to them, for God talked with Moses on
the Mount.

He said He had chosen them, if they would obey his voice, to be a holy
nation. He told Moses to tell the people to be ready, and on the third
day He would come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.

And so it was, as the people looked there was a thick cloud upon the
Mount, from which came thunder and lightning, and the sound of a great
trumpet, while the mountain trembled as with an earthquake. Only Moses
an