“We are still atoning for cheit hamiraglim. And if Klal Yisroel dragged their heels when Moshe Rabbeinu attempted to lead them in, the general absence of encouragement by the majority of Torah-Jewry leaders does not bold well for us making the move”
Dbrim,
If that was the חטא then why when they said they sinned and decided to go in that wasn’t a תשובה
Obviously that wasn’t the חטא