3. _Individual Liberty._ They had just been set free from the tyranny of the most complete governmental machine on the face of the earth. In E'gypt the man was nothing; the state was everything. The Is'ra-el-ite system was an absolute contrast to the E-gyp'tian. For centuries after the exodus the Is'ra-el-ites lived with almost no government, each man doing what was right in his own eyes. They were the freest people on earth, far more so than the Greeks or the Ro'mans during their republican epochs. Mo'ses trained them not to look to the government for their care, but to be a self-reliant people, able to take care of themselves. If they had passed this initial stage of their history surrounded by kingdoms they would have become a kingdom. But they learned their first lessons of national life in the wilderness, untrammeled by environment and under a wise leader, who sought to train up a nation of kings instead of a kingdom. 4. _Military Training._ We trace in the history of those forty years a great advance in military discipline. After crossing the Red Sea, Mo'ses did not wish to lead them by the direct route to Ca'naan lest they should "see war" (Exod. 13. 17, 18). Attacked by the Am'a-lek-ites soon after the exodus, the Is'ra-el-ites were almost helpless (Exod. 17. 8-16; Deut. 25. 17-19). A year later they were the easy prey of the Ca'naan-ites at Hor'mah (Num. 14. 40-45). Forty years after they crossed the Jor'dan, and entered Ca'naan a drilled and trained host, a conquering army. This discipline and spirit of conquest they gained under Mo'ses and Josh'u-a in the wilderness. 5. _Religious Education._ This was the greatest of all the benefits gained in the wilderness. They were brought back from the idolatries of E'gypt to the faith of their fathers. They received God's law, the system of worship, and the ritual which brought them by its services into a knowledge of God. Moreover, their experience of God's care taught them to trust in Je-ho'vah, who had chosen them for his own people. Even though the mass of the people might worship idols, there was always from this time an Is'ra-el of the heart that sought and obeyed God. Blackboard Outline III. =Jour. and Even.= Jour. 1. Ram.--R. S. 1.) Cr. R. S. Jour. 2. R. S.--Mt. Sin. 2.) Wat. Mar. 3.) Rep. Am. 4.) Giv. 1. Jour. 3. Mt. Sin.--Kad.-bar. 5.) Sen. sp. 6.) Def. Hor. Jour. 4. Kad.-bar.--Des. Par.--Ret. 7.) Wat. roc. Kad. 8.) Rep. Ar. Jour. 5. Kad.-bar.--Ed.--Riv. Jor. 9.) Bra. ser. 10.) Vic. ov. Amo. 11.) Dea. Mos. IV. =Res. Wan.= 1. Ins. 2. Nat. Un. 3. Ind. Lib. 4. Mil. Tra. 5. Rel. Ed. Review Questions