Deuteronomy 9:8

For at Horeb also, you provoked him, and, becoming angry, he was willing 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, and never forget, how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness. You have always contended against the Lord, from the day that you went forth from Egypt, even to this place.

9when I ascended onto the mountain, so that I might receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you. And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:7Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Go, descend. Your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt, have sinned.

Deuteronomy 1:6“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying: ‘You have remained long enough on this mountain.

Psalms 106:19And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.

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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