And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed — the consequence of the oath: forty years of wilderness wandering until that unfaithful generation died. The number forty marks a generation in judgment, a extended period of purification before a new generation could inherit the promise. Moses' historical summary makes clear to Reuben and Gad what happens when covenant faith fails.

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