To the Israelites who were on the verge of entering the Promised Land, Moses said: “Jehovah your God made you walk these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, to put you to the test so as to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not. ”
Энэ нь чиний зүрхэнд юу байсныг, Түүний тушаалыг дагах эсэхийг чинь мэдэхийн тулд, чамайг номхтгож, шалгаж сорихын тулд байсан юм » гэж хэлсэн (Дэд хууль 8: 2).