Numbers 21:10

Numbers 21:10 says, And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.  Verse eleven adds, And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.  The people of Israel had been murmuring, but they were moving forward.  If we are going to murmur against God, the least we can do is to also move ahead following Him as we do.  Verse twelve continues, From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.  Verse thirteen states, From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.  After camping and moving three times, they reached the other side of Arnon, a brook that stood between the Amorites and the Moabites. They had moved out of Egypt by way of the Red Sea and were now going to move on their way into the Promised Land by way of the brook of Arnon.  Verse fourteen adds, Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,  The book of wars of the LORD was evidently a book that they kept then, but was evidently of no real importance to us today, or God would have preserved it.  The scriptures that we have tell us about these wars without needing a separate book listing them.  We should always look to the Bible to find out what is really important to God.  Verse fifteen continues, And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.  This stream separated them from the Promised Land, just as the Red Sea had separated them from leaving Egypt, but neither were a problem for God.  No matter how big or how small an obstacle between God and our following Him may seem, it will never be a problem with God, as long asxwe move forward by faith.  Verse sixteen says, And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.  After entering the land of the Mobites, God told Moses to gather the people of Israel at Beer, where there was a well that God had spoken to Moses about, and God would give them water.  One of the things they were continually murmuring about was a lack of water and dying of thirst, but God had always provided for them.  We have the Living Water to drink from today, but we still often murmur about being spiritually thirsty, not that we find any indication that they were murmuring at this time. Verse seventeen adds, Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:  The people of Israel actually sang a song of praise at this time.  Sometimes, it is easy to sing praises to God when He is providing us with all that we need.  Verse eighteen continues, The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:  The princes or elders of Israel dug the well in accordance with God's directions, and He filled it with water.  We must come to God in accordance with His word today in order to receive the Living Water from Him.  God could have just had the well ready for them, but it required obedience on their part in order to receive the water.  God could have made the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross automatically save everyone, but we must accept Him by faith in order to be saved.  Verse nineteen states, And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:  Verse twenty adds, And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.  They did not stay at this well, but moved on ahead.  We cannot just stay where we meet Jesus, but must move on ahead in obedience to Him.