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Forty years (Numbers ch.14)

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Q: How long did God sentence the Israelites to wander in the wilderness?
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What book of the bible tells how long it was supposed to take the Israelites in the wilderness?

Numbers ch.13-14.


How long did it take for the Hebrews to wander through the desert?

The bible states that it took the Hebrew people a total of 40 years wandering in the wilderness.


How long were the israelites in the wilderness before the spies were sent?

The Israelites entered the wilderness on the 16th of Nisan, 1312 BCE, the day after the Exodus. The spies (Numbers ch.13) were sent on the 29th of Sivan of the second year (Talmud, Taanit 29a). So your answer is that the spies were sent when the Israelites had been in the wilderness for one year and two-and-one-half months. See also:More about the Spies and other complaints


How long were the Jewish people lost in the wilderness?

40 years, though technically they weren't called Jews yet. They were Israelites.


How long were the Israelites supposed to have spent in the Wilderness instead of the forty years they actually spent?

The trip could have been done in a month.


How long did the israelites wander in the wilderness?

According to the Old Testament, the Israelites (the ancestors of today's Jews) wandered the wilderness (often mistranslated as desert) for 40 years. There is currently no archaeological evidence to support the claim that this event actually happened historically (see also the attached Related Link.).


How long did it take the Israelites to set up the tabernacle in the wilderness every time it was moved?

It was a communal sffort and took not more than two or three hours.


How long were the Israelites in the wilderness on their way to Canaan?

It took 40 years for the Israelites to travel from Egypt to Canaan. Had there been no delays, most could have made the trip in 11 days (Deuteronomy 1). The main delay is explained in Numbers ch.13 and 14.


What is sentence for defies?

It defies logic how he could have survived for so long in the wilderness with a broken leg and little food.


What was the shortest route the Israelites could have taken into the promise land?

There was no short cut route for them as God punished an entire generation who disobeyed him and so they had to wander forty long years.Answer:Northeast, along the Mediterranean coast (Exodus ch.13).


How long did Confucius wander in exile?

Twelve years


How long were the Israelites in the wilderness before entering the promised land?

They journeyed and encamped in the wilderness for forty years (Numbers ch.14), at the guidance of God (Numbers ch.9).