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The Years in the Wilderness When the Isrealites arrived at Marah, the water was bitter, causing the people to turn against Moses. Moses cast a tree into the water, and the water became sweet. Later in the journey the people began running low on supplies and again murmured against Moses and Aaron. They would have preferred to die in Egypt due to the trials, but God's provision of manna from the sky in the morning and quail in the evening took care of the disgrundled people. When the Isrealites camped in Rephidim, there was no water, so the people complained again. At this, Moses struck a rock with his staff, and water came forth. Mt. Sinai When the Israelites came to Sinai, they pitched camp near the mountain. Moses commanded the people not to touch the mountain. Moses received the Ten Commandments orally and other moral laws. Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders to see the God of Israel. Before Moses went up the mountain to receive the tablets, he told the elders to direct any questions that arose to Aaron or Hur. While Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving instruction on the laws for the Israelite community, the Israelites went to Aaron and asked him to make gods for them. After Aaron had received golden earrings from the people, he made a golden calf. When he returned, Moses destroyed the calf and scolded Aaron for the sin of false god she had brought upon the people. The Tabernacle was constructed, the priestly law ordained, the plan of encampment arranged both for the Levites and the non-priestly tribes, with the Tabernacle designated to God Death After all this was accomplished, Moses was warned that he would not be permitted to lead the nation of Israel across the Jordan River, but would die on its eastern shores. He therefore assembled the tribes, and delivered to them a parting address, which forms the Book of Deuteronomy. In this address it is commonly accepted that he recapitulated the Law, reminding them of its most important features. When Moses finished, and he had pronounced a blessing on the people he went up Mount Nebo to the top of Pisgah, looked over the promised land of Israel spread out before him, and died, at the age of one hundred and twenty. God Himself buried him in an unknown grave. BibliographyHodges, Margaret. Moses. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Kirsch, Jonathan. Moses: A Life. New York: Ballantine Books, 1998. Patterson, Jose, Bushe, Claire, and Ripley, Edward. Angels, Prophets, Rabbis and Kings: From the Stories of the Jewish People. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1991.Wales, Jimmy and Sanger, Larry. "Moses." Wikipedia. 2000. Wikipedia. 05 Feb. 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses>. Accessed December 9, 2008.
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