Arikm, However, Moses wanted PROOF that G-d had truly forgiven Israel.. NOT becasue Moses "interceded" as you say, but because Israel itself had spent 40 days in mourning and in tshuvah. The sign that Moses wanted was to behold G-d's "face". But G-d instead (and far more than Moses had asked for) G-d chose to reveal to Moses, G-d's own Nature: the 13 attributes of G-d's Nature/Mercy. This, in turn, was taught to Israel as PROOF that when there is true repentance and recommitment to the Torah, G-d WOULD be Merciful and within it, bring about the means of Return and Renewal.

And how many of them entered the promised land?

Doug L.