When the generation that left Egypt send spies into Canaan, they probably thought they were being prudent. When the spies returned and discouraged all of the Israelites from proceeding, their report spelled the end of that generation. God decided that His project to make free men from former slaves had gone as far as possible with that generation. That project would continue with the next. Scripture and history have many such examples where one group reaches the end of its capacity and God continues with another. God's purposes will eventually be fulfilled even though it takes centuries.
