The trip from Egypt to the promised land can be made in nine days (Deuteronomy 1:2).

It took the Israelites thirty-eight years.What they should have done, they didn’t...
So God decided they needed some time to rethink a few things.
Maybe God is wanting to teach you a few things.
Pay attention.
You don’t want to spend thirty-eight years missing the point.

- Max Lucado