Hebrews 3:17

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

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

In Context

16For some, when they had heard, did provoke: yet, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

18And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

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Cross References

Numbers 14:22Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Numbers 14:32But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness.

Deuteronomy 2:15For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

1 Corinthians 10:1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, that all our fathers were under 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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