The Israelites, according to the Bible, left Egypt on a journey across the wilderness into their promised land.
They wandered in the wilderness for 40 years, feeding on manna from heaven. Just before they entered the Promised Land, we are told, the Lord, instructed them that: “You shall not do at all what we are doing here [in the camp] today, every man doing whatever is right in his [own] eyes. (Deuteronomy 12:8 – Amplified Bible).
