After rescuing his chosen people...and entering into a covenant with them - God brings the Israelites to the land they have been promised. With God's help - they will conquer it. But they don't trust him...they rebel - and he disciplines them in the wilderness. A generation later they find themselves in the same position - at the doorstep of the promised land. This time around they obey and find that God's covenant is true - obedience = blessing.