In verse 11, we find our family gathering together what they plan to use on their long journey to keep them sustained. They gather short-term items for their journey to the sea and long-term items for their stay in the promised land. We shall see in the future exactly what those things were as they use them. They do mention that they were bringing seeds with them. Would they use seeds in the wilderness? I don't think so. Seeds would be for the promised land, to help them be sustained for the long-term. It is also worthy to note that all these things were given to them by the Lord. What a special experience. But, come to think about it, all that we have is given to us by the Lord, too. Here,
Nephi acknowledges that. I wonder how often we acknowledge that hand of the Lord in our lives.
Then,
Lehi and his family take up their tents and leave the Valley of Lemuel. They travel in a south-southeast direction for four days and pitch their tents in a place they called
Shazer. The footnote on
Shazer states that it comes from the Hebrew word for twisting or
intertwining. This is interesting because it seems that they could have been winding through canyons, etc., on this leg of their journey.
Here is a proposed map outlining their journey with some of the scriptural references that were given by
Nephi. What do you think about this map? Is it accurate from what you've read? We can verify our opinion based on the
scriptures that we've read and those to come.
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