Deuteronomy 1:34

"And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah. Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou shalt not go in thither: Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red See."

Deuteronomy 1:37 here seems to tie the sin of Moses to the occasion when the whole nation rebelled and would not go up to possess the land, but actually, the sin which prevented Moses' entry into Canaan was committed at Meribah (Numbers 20). Another evidence of the hand of Moses himself in this chapter is the peculiar separation of the names of Caleb and of Joshua. Here the mention by Moses of the fact that he would not enter Canaan separates the two names which in earlier references appear together. No forger or impersonator would have done a thing like this.

"As for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea ..." This was the doom of the adult population of Israel to the frustrations and heartaches of that dreadful forty-years, at this time, at last about to end. Very little is recorded in the Pentateuch concerning those bitter years of frustration. Why? When people have rebelled against God, all of their activities lose the quality of significance. What Israel did during this period of condemnation made no difference in the future of the nation. The few events recorded, it appears, were noted because of some significant lesson to be derived from their behavior. As stated in the N.T., those things "were written for our admonition" (1 Corinthians 10:11).