So you remained in Kadesh many days, according to the number of the days that you remained there -- the verse concludes the chapter with the people's prolonged encampment at Kadesh. They remained in the wilderness for forty years because of the rebellion at Kadesh. The wilderness sojourn, framed as consequence, also becomes a school of discipline: the next generation learns faith through the wilderness experience.

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