IronG
I think U are looking at the Bible in the wrong sense, meaning from a human view point.... but GOD is all Knowing and Powerful.
"Your children shall wander in the wilderness for forty years
So GOD had to do something (Powerwise) for them to wander 40 years!
So bottomline just don't look at it from just a human view. Yes the are lots of human view points in the Bible but........There are LOT's of GODS view points as well. He did that so you know where everyone is coming from(View Point wise) an why they did/not do certain things/tasks for that matter. These are my throughts on this topic, thank U for reading with an open mind!