Deuteronomy 1:40 meaning and explanation

But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”

Deuteronomy 1:40, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is retelling Israel's story on the plains of Moab, forty years after the events. God has just sworn that the generation that refused to enter the land will die in the wilderness, though their children will inherit it.

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