Because all those men which 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;
Parallel translations
- WEB because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
- BSB not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
- NKJV because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,
- NASB Certainly all the people who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,
- NLT not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.
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Quick answer
God charged the people with testing Him ten times despite seeing His glory and signs. Their persistent unbelief had reached its limit.
Overview
The LORD recounted that, after witnessing His mighty works in Egypt and the wilderness, the people had repeatedly tested Him and disobeyed. 'Ten times' signifies a full measure of provocation. God's patience is real but not infinite; persistent rebellion against clear revelation brings judgment.
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- Job 19:3These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
- Gen 31:7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
- Ps 106:26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
- Exod 32:1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
- Heb 3:17–18But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
- Deut 1:31–35And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
- Exod 17:2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
- Matt 4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Mal 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
- 1 Cor 10:9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- Ps 106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- 1 Cor 10:5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
- Ps 95:9–11When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
- Heb 3:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
- Exod 14:11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
- Num 14:11And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
- Gen 31:41Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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