Deuteronomy 9:8

Even in Horeb, ye provoked Yahweh to wrath,—so that Yahweh showed himself angry with you to destroy you.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 forget, how thou didst provoke Yahweh thy God, in the desert,—yea from the day when thou camest forth out of the and of Egypt until ye entered as far as this place, have ye been quarrelling, with Yahweh.

9When I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stone—the tables of the covenant, which Yahweh had solemnised with you, then abode I in the mountain forty days and forty nights, food, did I not, eat, and water, did I not drink.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:7Then spake Yahweh unto Moses—Go get thee down, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

Deuteronomy 1:6Yahweh our God, spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Long enough, have ye dwelt in this mountain:

Psalms 106:19They made a calf in Horeb,—and bowed down to 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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