And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
Moses wrote ... by the commandment of the Lord - namely, in the book (see the notes at Exodus 17:14; Exodus 24:4). The wisdom of this divine order is seen in the importance of the end to which it was subservient, namely-partly to establish the truth of the history, partly to preserve a memorial of God's marvelous interpositions on behalf of Israel, and partly to confirm their faith in the prospect of the difficult enterprize on winch they were entering-the invasion of Canaan.