Wilderness
Untamed, uninhabited regions where God shapes and tests his people. Israel's wilderness period (Exodus-Deuteronomy) was formative — God provided manna, water, and guidance, teaching them to depend entirely on him. Deuteronomy 8:2 explains: God led them 'to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart.' David hid in the wilderness from Saul (1 Samuel 23-26). Jesus began his ministry in the wilderness (Mark 1:12-13). Isaiah 40:3 prophesied a voice crying in the wilderness to prepare the Lord's way. The wilderness represents both danger and sacred encounter — a place of vulnerability where God's provision becomes most tangible.
Verses about Wilderness
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Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.
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Genesis 16:7
And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
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Genesis 21:14
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, a…
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Genesis 21:20
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
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Genesis 21:21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 36:24
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon h…
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Genesis 37:22
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out o…
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Exodus 3:18
And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord …
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Exodus 4:27
And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
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Exodus 5:1
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in t…
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Exodus 7:16
And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: …
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Exodus 8:27
We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.
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Exodus 8:28
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
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Exodus 13:18
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 13:20
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
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Exodus 14:3
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
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Exodus 14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus wit…
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Exodus 14:12
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve th…
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Exodus 15:22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no wat…
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Exodus 16:1
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and …
People Associated
Abidan, son of Gideoni, was the leader of the tribe of Benjamin during the Isra…
AhiraAhira, son of Enan, was the leader of the tribe of Naphtali during the Israelit…
AmmishaddaiAmmishaddai was the father of Ahiezer, the leader of the tribe of Dan during th…
AnahAnah was a Horite, the father of Oholibamah, one of Esau's wives, and the disco…
AreliAreli, a son of Gad, is mentioned in the genealogy of Jacob and the census of t…
DeuelDeuel, also called Reuel, was the father of Eliasaph, who was the leader of the…
EliasaphEliasaph, the son of Deuel, was the leader of the tribe of Gad during the wilde…
ElizurElizur, son of Shedeur, was a leader from the tribe of Reuben during the wilder…
EnanEnan was the father of Ahira, the leader of the tribe of Naphtali during the wi…
GershonLevite living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness