THE NATION OF ISRAEL WAS TEMPTED FOR 40 YEARS IN THE DESERT

Deuteronomy 8:2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness to humble thee and to prove thee, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or no.

Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled you and suffered you to hunger and fed you with manna …