Deuteronomy 9:7

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Summary

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.

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General references

Deuteronomy 9:24

Ezekiel 36:22

Bible References

From the day

for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the Lord; you will be even more rebellious after my death!

His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children -- this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation.

and they said to Moses, "Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the desert? What in the world have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert.

So the people contended with Moses, and they said, "Give us water to drink!" Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?"

Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, "If only we had meat to eat!

Then all the community raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.

Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men

And there was no water for the community, and so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we detest this worthless food."

These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

"But they -- our ancestors -- behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

General references

You have been rebelling against him from the very first day I knew you!

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went.