The Lord led Israel out of Egypt, protected them, and blessed them on their journey to the promised land. God urged Israel to always remember what he had done for them from Sinai onward (Exodus 3:15; Deuteronomy 5:15; Psalms 77:11; 111:4; see also Psalms 78, 136).
Balak … Balaam: (see Numbers 22–24).
Shittim, east of the Jordan River, was Israel’s base camp before entering the promised land (see Numbers 25:1; Joshua 2:1; 3:1). The journey from there to Gilgal (west of the Jordan River) shows God’s faithful covenant. God’s saving acts brought the Israelites into the promised land.