There is great similarity between our history and that of the children of Israel. God led His people from Egypt into the wilderness, where they could keep His law and obey His voice. The Egyptians, who had no regard for the Lord, were encamped close by them; yet what was to the Israelites a great flood of light, illuminating the whole camp, and shedding brightness upon the path before them, was to the hosts of Pharaoh a wall of clouds, making blacker the darkness of night. {4T 27.2}

Der er megen lighed mellem vor og Israels børns historie. Gud førte sit folk fra Ægypten ud i ørkenen, hvor de kunne holde hans lov og lyde hans røst. Ægypterne, der ikke havde nogen agtelse for Herren, var lejret i deres nærhed; men det, som for israelitterne var et væld af lys, der bestrålede hele lejren og kastede glans over vejen foran dem, var for Faraos hærskarer en mur af skyer, som forøgede nattens mørke.