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Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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signs a duration of forty years to the sojourn in thewilderness. Though a round number, this is probably not far out ofthe way. It was a period that offered few attractions to retrospec-tion, abounding in jealousies, rebellions, defeats, pusillanimity, want,and woe; hence touched on but lightly by tradition. Soon afterleaving Sinai the people demonstrated their unfitness for bold enter-prises. The report of spies sent out to gather information concern-ing the land west of the Jordan and its populations dashed their cour-age. The generation that left Egypt must pass away, and a new one,nurtured in the hardy freedom of the desert, rise up, before seriousattempts could be made to reach the desired goal. During most ofthis time Kadesh, a desert station near the southern confines of Pales-tine, was probably the place of the central encampment, while theirherds and flocks roamed far and wide for pasturage. When at lastthey left Kadesh, they made their way to the country east of the PLATE I.
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