Certainly Moses sinned, but doesn’t this punishment seem a bit harsh? Moses put up with so much during those forty years of leading God’s rebellious people through the wilderness. Surely Moses did more for God than all of the other Israelites who were able to enter into the Promised Lan...
The article presents a thesis that Moses was barred from entering the land because he failed to counteract the people's slide into blasphemy. The people blame Moses for taking them out of Egypt into the miserable conditions of desert travel. It argues that Moses failed to prevent the people ...