How long before the Kadesh-Barnea incident did the golden calf incident happen?
The golden calf incident occurred only a few months before the Kadesh-Barnea incident, according to the teaching. This aligns with the transcript's statement that it was "only a few months previous" to the judgment of 40 years in the wilderness.
Les teaches that the golden calf incident happened just a few months before the Kadesh-Barnea incident. In Hebrews 3, the writer refers to the provocation and the 40 years of grieving in the wilderness, where the carcasses of the unbelieving generation fell. Les reminds us that it was only a few months previous to this that they had that horrible, immoral setting around the pagan golden calf. The same people who sinned at Sinai later provoked God at Kadesh-Barnea, and only Joshua, Caleb, Moses, and Aaron survived that judgment. This shows how quickly Israel turned from God's covenant to idolatry and then to unbelief.