We cannot obtain by our impetuosity and insistence what God offers only as a free gift to our faith. The Land of Promise is not to be obtained by strength of hand, but by the soul that lives in the will of God. Even when we are rebellious and unbelieving, God does not forget nor forsake us, 2: 7. He knows our walking through the great wilderness which we have chosen. Through all the forty years he goes with his people as their fellow-pilgrim. Even under such circumstances they lack nothing that is necessary to a complete and blessed life.

Edom was not to be injured, because of the ancient grant, Gen. 32:3. So with Moab. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. He will remember his Abrahams and his Lots long after they have passed from this mortal sphere, and will care for their children and children’s children. See Iso. 59: 21.