And king Arad the Canaanite, who lived in the south, heard that Israel came by the Way of the Spies, then he fought against Israel and took prisoners of them.

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes, and they despised My judgments, which if a man does, he shall even live in them. And they greatly profaned My sabbaths. And I said, I will pour out My fury on them in the wilderness to destroy them.

Believed

because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in His salvation;

And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even though one rose from the dead.

But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they did not believe on Him,

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And they sinned still more against Him, by provoking the Most High in the wilderness.

But with many of them God was not well pleased, for they were scattered in the wilderness.