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When your fathers tempted me, Tested me, and saw my work.
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Testing God's Patience
Commentators explain that when the Israelites "tempted" and "proved" God, it wasn't about enticing Him to sin. Instead, they were rebelliously testing His patience and demanding new signs of His power, even though they had already witnessed His miraculous works. Scholars like Calvin describe this as an act of "monstrous ingratitude" rooted in distrust.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When your fathers - Your ancestors. See this verse explained in the notes on Hebrews 3:9.
Tempted me - Tried me; tried my pati…
19th Century
Anglican
Proved me. —Properly, it refers to the testing of metals. This term is used of humanity’s attitude towards Providence, both in a g…
Baptist
Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your…
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16th Century
Protestant
When your fathers tempted me, they proved me. The Psalmist implies, as I have already remarked, that the Jews had been from the first of a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When your fathers tempted me Or, "where" F9 ; that is, in the wilderness, particularly at Meribah and Mas…
Christ calls upon his people to hear his voice. You call him Master, or Lord; then be his willing, obedient people. Hear the voice of his doctrine,…
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