With the Israelites poised to enter the Promised Land, Moses was told: “From a distance you will see the land, but you will not go there into the land that I am giving to the sons of Israel. ”
وَمَرَدُّ ذلِكَ إِلَى مَا فَعَلَهُ هُوَ وَهَارُونُ فِي وَقْتٍ سَابِقٍ حِينَ أَغْضَبَهُمَا تَمَرُّدُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ،‏ ‹ فَعَصَيَا ٱللهَ فِي وَسْطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ مِيَاهِ مَرِيبَةِ › .‏