Israelites’ wilderness wanderings

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biblical event period of Israelite history

Israelites’ wilderness wanderings refers to the biblical period in which the people of Israel journeyed through the desert between the Exodus from Egypt and their arrival at the Promised Land, marked by trials, divine guidance, and covenant formation.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Israelite wilderness wanderings	6
Israel in the wilderness	1
Israelite wilderness narratives	1
Israelites’ wilderness wanderings canonical	1
wilderness wanderings of Israel	1
wilderness wanderings of the Israelites	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2056752 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
Context triple: [Book of Numbers, primaryTheme, Israelites’ wilderness wanderings]

A. Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
B. Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
C. Hills of Jerusalem
Hills of Jerusalem are the elevated landforms in and around the city of Jerusalem that include several historically and religiously significant sites in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
D. Revelation at Mount Sinai
Revelation at Mount Sinai is the foundational biblical event in which God is said to have revealed the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Israelites through Moses.
E. Israel in Egypt
"Israel in Egypt" is a 1739 oratorio by George Frideric Handel, renowned for its dramatic choral writing depicting the biblical Exodus story.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
Target entity description: Israelites’ wilderness wanderings refers to the biblical period in which the people of Israel journeyed through the desert between the Exodus from Egypt and their arrival at the Promised Land, marked by trials, divine guidance, and covenant formation.

A. Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
B. Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
C. Hills of Jerusalem
Hills of Jerusalem are the elevated landforms in and around the city of Jerusalem that include several historically and religiously significant sites in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
D. Revelation at Mount Sinai
Revelation at Mount Sinai is the foundational biblical event in which God is said to have revealed the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Israelites through Moses.
E. Israel in Egypt
"Israel in Egypt" is a 1739 oratorio by George Frideric Handel, renowned for its dramatic choral writing depicting the biblical Exodus story.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical event ⓘ period of Israelite history ⓘ
follows	Exodus from Egypt ⓘ surface form: Israelite slavery in Egypt
hasApproximateDuration	forty years ⓘ
hasCentralDeity	YHWH ⓘ surface form: Yahweh
hasCovenant	Sinai covenant ⓘ
hasCulticCenter	tabernacle ⓘ
hasEndEvent	entry into the Promised Land ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Balaam’s oracles ⓘ Korah’s rebellion ⓘ bronze serpent incident ⓘ construction of the tabernacle ⓘ crossing of the Red Sea ⓘ death of Aaron ⓘ death of Miriam ⓘ death of Moses ⓘ giving of the Law at Mount Sinai ⓘ manna from heaven ⓘ plague at Baal Peor ⓘ quail provided for the Israelites ⓘ rebellion after the spies’ report ⓘ sending of the twelve spies into Canaan ⓘ water from the rock at Horeb ⓘ water from the rock at Meribah ⓘ
hasKeyTextualSource	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ
hasKeyTheme	covenant formation ⓘ disobedience and punishment ⓘ divine guidance ⓘ identity formation of Israel as a people ⓘ provision in the wilderness ⓘ testing of faith ⓘ
hasLeader	Aaron ⓘ Joshua ⓘ Moses ⓘ
hasLegalOutcome	Mosaic Law ⓘ
hasPrimaryLocation	Sinai desert ⓘ surface form: Sinai wilderness desert regions between Egypt and Canaan ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ
hasSign	pillar of cloud by day ⓘ pillar of fire by night ⓘ
hasStartEvent	Exodus from Egypt ⓘ
isRememberedIn	Christian biblical interpretation ⓘ Jewish Passover liturgy ⓘ
partOf	history of ancient Israel ⓘ
precedes	conquest of Canaan ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Numbers → primaryTheme → Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ

Epistle of Jude → containsReferenceTo → Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Israel in the wilderness

Revelation at Mount Sinai → precedes → Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ

this entity surface form: wilderness wanderings of Israel

Tribe of Simeon → participatedIn → Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ

this entity surface form: wilderness wanderings of the Israelites

Israelite conquest of Canaan → follows → Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ