Hebrews 3:17

And with whom was it that God was sorely vexed for forty years? Was not it with those who had sinned, and who fell dead in the desert?

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In The King James Version

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

In Context

16Who were they who heard God speak and yet provoked him? Were not they all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses?

18And who were they to whom God swore that they should not enter upon his rest, if not those who had proved faithless?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:1I want you to bear in mind, friends, that all our ancestors were beneath the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 3:8-19

Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you… Read the whole commentary →

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