God gave Moses the Ten Commandments to give to the people. While Moses was getting the Law, the people were in the camp worshipping an idol. Moses threw the stone tablets with the commandments on the ground breaking them. Then Moses directed the execution of many as an example for the others. He went back on the mountain with God to get more commandments. They went to the promised land but were afraid to go in. Moses took them back to the wilderness for 40 years, where everybody would die who was over 20 years old when they started, except for Joshua and Caleb.