Elder Neale Maxwell once preached, faith also includes trust in God's timing,

for he has said, all things must come to pass in their time.

Ironically, some who acknowledge God are tried by his timing globally and personally.

We certainly see that in the Book of Numbers.

The Israelites were thirsty but had no water, so God directed Moses to provide for them.

Aaron helped to lead Israel to the Promised Land, but his priestly. So God directed Moses to provide for them. Aaron helped to lead Israel

to the promised land, but his priestly vestments were taken from him and he died before Israel

entered their destination. God sent fiery serpents, but he also provided the brazen serpent

to deliver his chosen people. We'll discuss these events, God's timing, and much more in this

episode of Abide, a Maxwell Institute podcast.

My name is Joseph Stewart. I'm the public communication specialist at the Neale-A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University.

Christian Heel is a research fellow at the Institute, and each week we'll be discussing the week's block of reading from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Come Follow Me curriculum. We aren't here to present a lesson, or rather to hit on a few key

themes from the scripture block, so as to help fulfill the Maxwell Institute's mission to inspire

and fortify Latter-day Saints in their testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ

and engage the world of religious ideas. Today we are once again joined by McKay Bowman, one of our research assistants

here at the Maxwell Institute. McKay is a pre-business freshman from Leighton, Utah. After McKay

graduates, he hopes to attend law school. Thank you, McKay, for joining us today.

Yeah, thanks, Joseph. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. We are even more excited.

Christian, what's going on in the selection of numbers,

specifically chapters 11 through 14 and 20 through 24? Here, with the tabernacle constructed and the

Lord's presence established, the camp of Israel is once again prepared to move. Their goal was set

long before when God promised a land to their ancestor Abraham. That

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