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Such a statistic calls for an explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get to the answer, I believe, we need to turn one page back\u2014to the concluding portion of the previous chapter. There, we see that the Israelites, demoralized by the information that they would be wandering in the desert for the better part of forty years, staged a desperate attempt to enter the land, prematurely, by force. They were routed by the Amalekites and the Canaanites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems to me that at this point they could well have despaired of ever reaching the Promised Land, as indicated by the cry they took up: \u201cLet us about face and return to Egypt\u201d (14:4). 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