A third answer can be found in the recognition that, as a herding people, the Israelites had no practical experience of settled agriculture until they entered Canaan.

Instead, he proposed that the main biblical idea was still correct, but that the Israelites entered Canaan peacefully instead of through conquest.

Aaron, like Moses, was not permitted to enter Canaan with the others.

The Bible records that, because of the testimony of ten of the spies, the Hebrews chose not to enter Canaan.

It was because of this that when the Israelites first entered Canaan, they spoke of the inhabitants as "giants."

They enter Canaan without Moses and without their God.

This substance was Israel's staple food for 40 years, ceasing abruptly when they entered Canaan.

Moses is ordered by God to speak to a rock but disobeys, and is punished by the announcement that he shall not enter Canaan.

They entered Canaan where an alliance of city-states in northern Canaan sent a force to halt the Israelite invasion.

After entering Canaan, portions of the land were given to each of the twelve tribes of Israel.