Eleven Days That Took Forty Years
What a Simple Travel Note Reveals About Faith and Delay
By: Mike Mazzalongo Posted: Thu. Apr 23rd
Discussion Questions
- Why do you think Moses chose to highlight the eleven-day journey at the very beginning of Deuteronomy?
- How does Israel's delay in the wilderness help clarify the difference between God's promises and human response to those promises?
- In what ways can hesitation or fear still delay spiritual growth or obedience today?
Sources
- Craigie, Peter C. The Book of Deuteronomy. New International Commentary on the Old Testament.
- Merrill, Eugene H. Deuteronomy. New American Commentary.
- Wright, Christopher J. H. Deuteronomy. Understanding the Bible Commentary Series.
- ChatGPT (OpenAI), used as a research and drafting assistant in the preparation of this article.