Theme: This passage describes the rebelliousness of the people in refusing to enter the land that God was giving them—and the tragic loss of opportunity that resulted from their refusal.

Theme: This passage describes God's call to the people—while beginning their forty-year wandering—to faithfully remember and faithfully do His commandments.

Theme: Solomon, in this chapter, offers insights into the kind of wisdom that is better than strength—but despised by the strong.

Theme: This passage describes opposition Moses received to his authority from his own family.