KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
WEB World English Bible
When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you;” then you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn’t believe him, nor listen to his voice.
ASV American Standard Version
And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and in Jehovah’s sending you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up, and possess the land which I have given to you, then ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, and have not given credence to Him, nor hearkened to His voice;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 9
20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
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.
24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down [at the first]; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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וּבִשְׁלֹ֨חַH7971 · sha.lachto send: departיְהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶתְכֶ֗םH853 · et[Obj.]מִקָּדֵ֤שׁH6947 · qa.desh bar.ne.aKadesh-barneaבַּרְנֵ֙עַ֙H6947 · qa.desh bar.ne.aKadesh-barneaלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayעֲלוּ֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseוּרְשׁ֣וּH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichנָתַ֖תִּיH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָכֶ֑םH9036 · khemyouוַתַּמְר֗וּH4784 · ma.rahto rebelאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פִּ֤יH6310 · pehlipיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔םH430 · e.lo.himGodוְלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotהֶֽאֱמַנְתֶּם֙H539 · a.manbe faithfulל֔וֹH9033 · ohimוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְּקֹלֽוֹ׃H6963 · qolvoice
Cross-references
Psalm 106:24-25Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:Hebrews 4:2For 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 that heard [it].Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.Psalm 78:22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:Numbers 14:10-41But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.Numbers 13:1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Hebrews 3:18-19And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?Deuteronomy 1:19-33And 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 Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
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