“But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn’t obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.
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The probation in the wilderness. The promise was forfeited by those to whom it was first conditionally made, but was renewed to their children.
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Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Rebelled against me. —See Exodus 32:1-6; Numbers 14:1–4; Numbers 14:16; Numbers 25:1–3; …
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Here God pronounces that the sons were like their fathers, and that the people, after their deliverance from Egypt, were so obstinate in their wick…
John Gill
JohnGill
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness, &c.] Where they were wholly at the mercy of God, entirely …
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes