The Question is based on an error. They spent the 40 years in more than one region. Most of it (over 90%) was in the Sinai wilderness/desert, but part of the time they were in the area east of Edom, east of Moab, and the Mount Hermon environs. Most of these places (other than the Sinai) are in present-day Jordan; and a detailed map of Jordan, to this day, reveals some of the place-names stated in the Torah.
The bible says they were in the desert for 40 long years.
40 years
The number 40 in the Bible means a period of trial or tribulation, the Israelites had to wander the desert for 40 years. They were often hungry and thirsty. Since the Israelites had been imprisoned under Egyptian rule, many still worshipped pagan religions, and so they had to be taught about God.
Actually Jesus was in the desert for forty days and nights. And yes he did get tempted by Satan. Three times.
Moses and the Israelites
Thet wandered for 40 years in the Sinai Desert.
The Israelites, led by Moses, marched up up and down the Sinai peninsula for 40 years. This would encompass the Arabian desert. Before finally entering Israel
Moses was just over 80 years old. He had spent the first 40 years of his life in the household of the Pharaoh, ruler of Egypt and then 40 years in the desert as a shepherd, before he returned to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
They had to wander for 40 years in the Desert.
40 years of wandering in the desert.
Moses and the Israelites spent 40 years wandering in the wilderness, which comes to 14,600 days. Moses was an Israelite who was made a prince in the Egyptian palace, and later became a religious leader as well as a prophet.
They perished when god made them wander in the desert for 40 forty years.