Why God Recorded Every Israelite Journey in the Desert

These are the journeys of the children of Israel. The Lord said to Moses, "Write down the journeys that the Israelites have taken in the wilderness, so that they may know how many miracles I performed for them in each journey." It is similar to a king whose son fell ill, so he took him to another place for his healing. When they returned, the father began to mention the journeys, saying, "Here we slept, here we were honored, here you had a headache." Similarly, the Lord said to Moses, "Count for them all the places [where they angered Me]." This is why it is said, "These are the journeys of the children of Israel." It is written (Isaiah 63:11), "Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses: Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them?" Just as one does not bring the flock into the cool shade, so too, the Israelites did not enter the cool shade for forty years.