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 You know the children of Israel were in bondage and were given many hard tasks as slaves, and so you know it was good for them to be led out of bondage.

You know Moses was commanded by the Lord to do this great work, and that by his word the Red Sea divided and the children of Israel walked through on dry ground.

You know that the armies who followed them were drowned in the Red Sea.

You know the children of Israel were fed with manna while in the wilderness, and that Moses, by his word according to God's power in him, struck a rock, and water flowed out for the people to drink.

After being led by the Lord their God, their Redeemer, who went before them by day, who gave them light by night, and who did all things for them that they needed, they still hardened their hearts and rebelled against Moses and against God.

And by the Lord's word, He destroyed the children of Israel in their rebellion, or by His word, He led and nourished them in the wilderness.

After they crossed the Jordan River, the Lord gave them strength to drive out those who were in the land, to scatter and destroy them.

And do you think that the people driven out by our forefathers were a righteous people? No, they were not.

And do you think that our forefathers would have been chosen to inherit the land of promise if the people who were already there were righteous? No, they would not have been.