What was the punishment for the Israelites' refusal to enter the Promised Land after the spies' report?
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Correct answer: They were forced to wander the wilderness for 40 years
God decreed that the nation would wander one year for every day the spies were in the land. Everyone twenty years and older who grumbled would die in the wilderness, except for Caleb and Joshua.
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