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According to the Book of Exodus, it took forty years for the Israelites to reach the Promised Land of the Canaanites.

According to most historians today, the Israelites were always part of the Promised Land, because they were themselves Canaanites who migrated from the region of the rich coastal cities and settled peacefully in the hitherto sparsely populated hinterland. They and their Canaanite ancestors were already there. However, after the Israelites had long forgotten their true origins, they built up traditions of a glorious past and great military victories.

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According to The Bible, the Israelites wandered for forty years before entering the land of the Canaanites. However, over 90 per cent of scholars are reported to believe that the was no Exodus from Egypt, as described in the Bible. The Hebrews never really wandered in the desert at all.

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Israel traveled for two years after leaving Egypt and arrived at the border of Canaan. That was when the spies went into the land and returned with two different reports. One said that the people of the land were like giants and that Israel would never succeed in their invasion. The other report said that God could handle that situation. In response, God told them to go in and conquer, but they were afraid and didn't want to go. So God gave them what they wanted (almost always a dangerous thing!) and sent them out to the desert to wander for 38 years until he brought them back and sent them into the Promised Land. But at the end of that 38 years they went in as God told them, and God went on ahead of them.

The total time they were in the desert was 40 years, but for two of those years they were on a guided tour, in effect, by God. So, they really wandered for 38 years after the spies returned with their reports (see Deuteronomy 2:14 and the story leading up to it in the chapter before)

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40 years, during that time all men 20 years and upward died in the wilderness wandering with the exception of Caleb and Joseph.

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Actually, it was technically 38 years that Israel wandered in the desert. They spent 40 years in the desert after leaving Egypt, but it was 38 years of wandering after Israel refused to go into the Promised Land and were sent back to wander for 38 years.

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The Hebrews wandered the desert for 40 years before reaching the Promised Land. This period of wandering was a result of disobedience and lack of faith in God.

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One year, two months and two weeks.

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