5 Declarations by the LORD that his people haven't returned to him in Amos

Amos 4:6-13

"I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town,

yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. 

"I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away. I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up. People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink,

yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. 

"Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, destroying them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees,

yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. 

"I sent plagues among you as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps,

yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. 

"I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire,

yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. 

"Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God."  He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth - the LORD God Almighty is his name.

13 Tribes and the order they set out from Sinai

Numbers 10:11-28

On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law. Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran. They set out, this first time, at the LORD's command through Moses. 

The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command. 

Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar, 

and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.

Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried it, set out. 

The divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command. 

Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon, 

and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad. 

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. The tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived. 

The divisions of the camp of Ephraim went next, under their standard. Elishama son of Ammihud was in command. 

Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh, 

and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin. 

Finally, as the rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command. 

Pagiel son of Okran was over the division of the tribe of Asher, 

and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali. 

This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out. 

6 foods from Egypt fondly remembered in the wilderness

Numbers 11:5

We remember

the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost

 - also the cucumbers,

melons,

leeks,

onions

and garlic. 

12 Spies sent into Canaan as recorded in Numbers

Numbers 13:1-16
The LORD said to Moses, "Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders." So at the LORD's command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites. These are their names:

from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zakkur;

from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;

from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;

from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;

from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.

These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)