I've read somewhere explaining this once. It's said that although Moses was a good leader, he was not, however, a navigator and no navigator, it seems, we're in the group of people he was leading. In short, Moses messed up by leading his people in circles for year's.
Yeah, Moses wasnt even a good public speaker and God literally did everything for him. So when he was left alone to govern the Jews himself, he didnt know what to do and winged it
man I love how jesus picks the most incapable people to preform his deads, just to show that they can do it. like " you see this guy? your better than this guy. why don't you do as good as this guy. you'd be better at it. Im just saying."
Iirc it wasn't Moses' navigation at all. According to the Bible, they disobeyed God (a common theme). The journey was supposed to take 40 days, but because of their disobedience (they did not believe they could defeat the people standing between them and Canaan despite God saying they would be victorious, and they rebelled) they were cursed to wander for 40 years instead. Moses died within sight of the promised land.
Aaron also screwed up and was forbidden from entering the promised land. Can't remember if he died like Moses or where he ended up.
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Joshua was the one who ended up leading them into the promised land. Iirc, he was one of the scouts sent out by Moses to see what the path ahead was like. Him and Caleb were the only ones to report back that the path would be possible with the help of God, despite the hazards they faced. The other scouts stated it would be impossible, people believed them instead of God, and were sentenced to 40 years of wandering. Incidentally, Caleb & Joshua ended up being the only ones of their generation to see the promised land, which may have been the point of the wandering. Or maybe God forgot about them and took a nap. Either way, at some point God told Moses to go talk to a rock, but Moses hit the rock over the head with a stick instead. Aaron was part of these shenanigans, and because they defied God, God stopped them from ever being allowed to enter Canaan.
Joshua was Moses' successor, and ended up leading the Israelites against Jericho (they're the city that had the great walls before China made having great walls a cool thing to do). Jericho more or less laughed at the Israelites and told them to shove it, which most of the Israelites were thinking was probably the right thing to do at this point. God informed Joshua that they could defeat Jericho and it's mighty walls by marching around the outside of it for 7 days. Which Joshua managed to get them to do.
After Jericho's defeat, God pulled another "parting of the red sea" with the ark of the covenant in the river Jordan, allowing them to safely cross it to Gilgal, where they celebrated by building a monument out of riverbed stones and then began cutting skin off of penises.
There's more to his story about conquering the land of Canaan etc, but you get the gist
Haha ty. It's probably more info than anyone asked for but eh.
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Incidentally found out what happened to Aaron: him, Moses, and his son climbed up a mountain. Moses stripped Aaron and dressed his son in his clothes. And then Aaron died, which most of us would also probably do after attempting to climb up a mountain. He was buried on the mountain, and everyone took a break from the 40 years of wandering to mourn him for a month.
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Joshua was the one who ended up leading them into the promised land. Iirc, he was one of the scouts sent out by Moses to see what the path ahead was like. Him and Caleb were the only ones to report back that the path would be possible with the help of God, despite the hazards they faced. The other scouts stated it would be impossible, people believed them instead of God, and were sentenced to 40 years of wandering. Incidentally, Caleb & Joshua ended up being the only ones of their generation to see the promised land, which may have been the point of the wandering. Or maybe God forgot about them and took a nap. Either way, at some point God told Moses to go talk to a rock, but Moses hit the rock over the head with a stick instead. Aaron was part of these shenanigans, and because they defied God, God stopped them from ever being allowed to enter Canaan.
After Jericho's defeat, God pulled another "parting of the red sea" with the ark of the covenant in the river Jordan, allowing them to safely cross it to Gilgal, where they celebrated by building a monument out of riverbed stones and then began cutting skin off of penises.
There's more to his story about conquering the land of Canaan etc, but you get the gist
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Incidentally found out what happened to Aaron: him, Moses, and his son climbed up a mountain. Moses stripped Aaron and dressed his son in his clothes. And then Aaron died, which most of us would also probably do after attempting to climb up a mountain. He was buried on the mountain, and everyone took a break from the 40 years of wandering to mourn him for a month.