John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 9:7

John Gill Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:7

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:7

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah." — Deuteronomy 9:7 (ASV)

Remember, and forget not how you provoked the Lord your God
to wrath in the wilderness
Aben Ezra remarks that this was after they journeyed from Horeb; but before they came thither, even as soon as, they were in the wilderness, they provoked the Lord, as by their murmuring for water at Marah, when they had been but three days in the wilderness; and for bread in the wilderness of Sin, and for water again at Rephidim; all which were before they came to Horeb or Sinai, and which agrees with what follows:

from the day that you departed out of the land of Egypt until you
came unto this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord ;
though they had such a series of mercies, yet their life was a continued course of rebellion against the Lord: which is a sad character of them indeed, and given by one that thoroughly knew them, was an eyewitness of facts, and had a hearty respect for them too, and cannot be thought to exaggerate things; so that they were far from being righteous persons in themselves, nor was there any reason to conclude it was for their righteousness the land of Canaan was given them.