Deuteronomy 9:23
And when he sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Ascend and possess the land, which I have given to you,’ even so, you spurned the command of the Lord your God, and you did not believe him, nor were you willing to listen to his voice.
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In The King James Version
In Context
22Likewise, at the Burning, and at the Temptation, and at the Graves of Lust, you provoked the Lord.
24Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.
Cross References
Numbers 13:1And the people set out from Hazeroth, and they pitched their tents in the desert of Paran.
Numbers 14:2And all the sons of Israel were murmuring against Moses and Aaron, saying:
Numbers 14:10And when the entire multitude cried out, and they wanted to crush them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared, over the roof of the covenant, to all the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 1:19Then, setting out from Horeb, we crossed through a terrible and great wasteland, which you saw along the way of the mountain of the Amorite, just as the Lord our God had instructed us. And when we had arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
Psalms 106:24these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.
Hebrews 3:18But to whom did he swear that they would not enter into his rest, except to those who were incredulous?
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 →