When God Has Already Given the Direction In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, Moses spoke to all the children of Israel and recounted their journey. Biblical estimates place their number between 1.5 and 3 million people. Moses reminded them that God had instructed them to go in and possess the land which He had promised to their fathers (Deuteronomy 1:8). Moses reminded them of the Lord’s command concerning the mountain of the Amorites: “And I said unto you, ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. Behold, the…