The book of Numbers recounts the itinerary of the Israelites throughout the 40 years of their wanderings and encampments around the sacred tabernacle.

民数记》中，详细描述了,犹太人在荒野中40年的生活,在放置约柜的帐幕旁边安营扎寨。

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Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, saying let us be we will serve the Egyptians, for it's better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

这跟你在埃及答应我们的不同，你说过让我们,我们应该服侍埃及人,伺候他们总比死在荒野中好。

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So in the myth the wilderness is a very harsh environment.

所以在神话中，荒野是很恶劣的环境。

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And so the story continues. In the third month, after the Exodus, the Israelites arrive at the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamp at the mountain where Moses was first called by God, the text says.

故事继续，在出埃及以后的第三个月，犹太人到达了西奈的荒野中,书上说，他们在摩西第一次被上帝召唤的山上露营。

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