"And the Lord spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward" (Deu-teronomy 2:2-3).

This was the second time God had to rebuke Israel for staying too long in one place. Here they were camped adjacent to the region controlled by the descendants of Esau and thus kinsmen of the Israelites, but God told them to go on north toward Canaan.

"And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement" (Romans 5:11).

"I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee" (Psalm 138:1).

"So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel" (Ezekiel 39:7).

"The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will shew them His covenant" (Psalm 25:14).

This is an amazing promise. The word for "secret" means the "inner counsel," evidently of the tri-une God Himself.