The Eternal shall bless you and keep you, the Eternal will make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Eternal will lift up His countenance to you and give you peace. (Bamidbar 6:23-26) And Moshe heard that the people were crying… (And said) I alone cannot carry these people (Bamidbar 11:14)

The Eternal shall bless you and keep you, the Eternal will make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Eternal will lift up His countenance to you and give you peace. (Bamidbar 6:23-26)

And Moshe heard that the people were crying… (And said) I alone cannot carry these people (Bamidbar 11:14)

What kept Moshe going for forty long years of dealing with an extremely difficult people—a people who constantly complained, rebelled, and came close to killing him?

It is not surprising that Moshe nearly gave up. More than once, he asked God to let him step down. But in the end, at God’s insistence, he continued despite all the problems.

Only when the Israelites stood at the border of the Land of Israel did God force him to step down, telling him that he would not be allowed to enter the land to which he had led the people all those years. Why?

And why is it that the Israelites constantly complained, when, as we see in the quote above, God had promised to bestow upon them all His blessings, His face........

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