The Israelites have just emerged from their trek across the sea floor, the Egyptian army drowned behind them. Surely the Almighty is with these people. For a moment, they can exhale; they are saved. But now comes the hard part. They are in the middle of the desert not knowing what is ahead of them. As Michael Rood is about to explain, this is where the Almighty begins to teach his children — they are about to learn some lessons on the way to Sinai.