The eastern side of the Jordan — Moab, Edom, Gilead, Petra.
Moses saw the promised land from Mount Nebo but did not enter. John baptised Jesus at Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan. Ruth was a Moabitess; Elijah was fed by ravens in the Wadi Cherith. Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans whose king Aretas is named in 2 Corinthians.
"There is no God like the God of Jeshurun." — Deuteronomy 33:26
The red-sand valley of the Midian desert where Moses spent forty years keeping sheep before the burning bush. Bedouin tribes still read the stars, track water, and move flocks across the same wadis he did.
A single-night, 242 km traverse from the lowest point on earth up through the Rift Valley to the Red Sea at Aqaba — where Israel first tasted freedom on the far shore of the sea.
The rose-red Nabataean capital carved into sandstone cliffs on the edge of Edom. Its narrow Siq and hidden monastery echo the prophets' warnings to those who make their nest on high.
Elijah's forty-day flight from Mount Carmel to the cave at Horeb after the confrontation with the prophets of Baal. A long, prayerful traverse from the Mediterranean coast into the southern wilderness.
Small groups, proper guides, and scripture read where it was lived.
