Deuteronomy 9:7
Remember how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert! Don't ever forget it! From the time you left the land of Egypt until you arrived here, you've been constantly rebelling against the Lord.
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8At Horeb you provoked the Lord, making him so angry he was about to destroy you.
Cross References
Exodus 14:11They complained to Moses, “Were there no graves in Egypt that you had to bring us out here in the desert to die? What have you done to us by making us leave Egypt?
Exodus 17:2Some of them came and complained to Moses, saying, “Give us water to drink!” “Why are you complaining to me?” Moses asked. “Why are you trying to challenge the Lord?”
Numbers 14:1Then everybody there cried out loud all night.
Numbers 20:2However, there was no water there for anyone to drink, so the people gathered to confront Moses and Aaron.
Numbers 25:2who invited them to the sacrifices made to their gods. The Israelites ate the pagan meals and bowed down before these gods.
Deuteronomy 31:27I know how stubborn and rebellious you are. If you've already started rebelling against the Lord while I'm still alive, how much worse will you get after I die?
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:2-7
Victory Promised. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! 3 Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy… Read the whole commentary →