Deuteronomy 9:8

Also in Horeb ye provoked LORD to wrath, and LORD was angry with you to destroy you.

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In The King James Version

Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

In Context

7Remember, do not thou forget how thou provoked LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou went forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against LORD.

9When I was gone up onto the mount to receive the tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant which LORD made with you, then I abode on the mount forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:7And LORD spoke to Moses, Go, get thee down. For thy people, that thou brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.

Deuteronomy 1:6LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough at this mountain.

Psalms 106:19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:8-29

Cautions Against Self-Righteousness; Israel Reminded of Their Rebellions. ( b. c. 1451.) 7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord . 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the… Read the whole commentary →

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