Reference

Joshua 5:6

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
4

And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

5

Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

6

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

7

And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

8

And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

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Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes the "consumption" of the men of war, which is a form of perishing, but it doesn't explicitly use the word "destroy" or directly link their fate to being "wicked" in the sense of moral depravity, but rather to disobedience.

Israel-Specific Promises

While the verse speaks of a promise to "their fathers" regarding a land, the primary focus of this specific verse is on the consequence of disobedience and the fulfillment of a judgment, rather than the direct articulation of a new or reaffirmed promise to Israel.

Time-Bound Fulfillment

The verse describes a past event and its duration, rather than a prophecy given with a defined duration that is yet to be fulfilled.