How did so many people get food in a desert place?
God rained manna from heaven every night, and the people went out every morning and gathered it in baskets. 80. How long were they in the wilderness? Answer: Forty years. 81. Where did they go to then? Answer: To the land of promise. Joshua was their captain after Moses died, and under Joshua they marched into the land of Canaan and put all the wicked Canaanites to the sword, and dwelt in the land in their place. 82. Did the Israelites keep the law that God gave them? Answer: For a short time. Then they became disobedient, and God punished them by letting the surrounding nations come and drive them out. At last, they were entirely driven away, and are now scattered in all the lands of the earth. 83. Are there any of these scattered Israelites in our country? Answer: Yes; they are called Jews. Nobody loves them but those who love God. Those who love God love the Jews for God’s sake. 84. Why are they called Jews? Answer: It is a name they got when their nation was divided into two parts.
