[ichabod1]

Isn’t that one of the key themes of the story? And when they refused to go up into the Promise Land, the Lord made them wander the desert for forty years, until they got their minds right.

[aruanan]

And when they refused to go up into the Promise Land, the Lord made them wander the desert for forty years, until they got their minds right.

No, they had to wander the desert for forty years until all those who had rebelled and refused to enter the Promised Land the first time were dead.