Deuteronomy 9:23

Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
sent	וּבִשְׁלֹ֨חַ u.vish.Lo.ach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Kadesh-barnea	מִקָּדֵ֤שׁ mi.ka.Desh	H6947	Kadesh-Barnea · preposition + proper noun, a place name
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
up	עֲלוּ֙ 'a.Lu	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
possess	וּרְשׁ֣וּ u.re.Shu	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
land	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
given	נָתַ֖תִּי na.Ta.ti	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
rebelled	וַתַּמְר֗וּ va.tam.Ru	H4784	to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
commandment	פִּ֤י pi	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם 'e.Lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
believed	הֶֽאֱמַנְתֶּם֙ he.'e.man.Tem	H539	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
hearkened	שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם she.ma'.Tem	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
voice	בְּקֹלֽוֹ be.ko.Lo	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 106:24-25 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
Hebrews 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them tha…
Psalms 78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Numbers 13:1-14:4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 14:10-41 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all th…
Deuteronomy 1:19-33 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amor…
Hebrews 3:18-19 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

That they might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses here shows them what a miracle of mercy it was that they had not long ere this been destroyed in the wilderness: "Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God (Deu 9:7); so far from purchasing his favour, thou hast many a time laid thyself open to his displeasure." Their fathers' provocations are here charged upon them; for, if God had dealt with their fathers according to their deserts, this generation would never have been, much less would they have entered Canaan. We are apt to forget our provocations, especially when the smart of the rod is over, and have need to be…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:21

I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount--that is, "the smitten rock" (El Leja) which was probably contiguous to, or a part of, Sinai. It is too seldom borne in mind that though the Israelites were supplied with water from this rock when they were stationed at Rephidim (Wady Feiran), there is nothing in the Scripture narrative which should lead us to suppose that the rock was in the immediate neighborhood of that place (see on Exo 17:5). The water on this smitten rock was probably the brook that descended from the mount. The water may have flowed at the distance of many miles from the rock, as the winter torrents do now through the wadies of Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:23

Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadeshbarnea,.... From whence the spies were sent to search the land, though previous to it they had the following order to go up and possess it; see Numbers 32:8. saying, go up and possess the land which I have given you; this they were bid to do, before they desired the spies might be sent to search it first; and after they had returned and made their report, they were encouraged to go up and take possession of it: then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God; refusing to go up into it: and ye believed him not; that he would cast out and destroy the inhabitants of it, and put them into the possession of it; which they distrusted by re…

Dictionary and topics

Kadesh — Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the “wilderness” or “desert of Zin” (Gen. 14:7; Num.…
Humility · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Rebellion Against God · Exhibited in: Unbelief — Exhibited in: Unbelief
Reproof · .Moses, of the Israelites — .Moses, of the Israelites
Unbelief · .Israelites — .Israelites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 9:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:21

John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:23

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 9:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 9:21

John Gill on Deuteronomy 9:23

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 9:22–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 9:7-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 9:23

Rashi on Deuteronomy 9:21