DEUTERONOMY 9:23

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, 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 Translation & Meaning

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Likewise when the Lord יְהוָ֜ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Likewise Lord
sent וּבִשְׁלֹ֨חַ To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) sent
you from Kadesh-barnea, בַּרְנֵ֙עַ֙ Kadesh-Barnea, a place in the Desert Kadeshbarnea
saying, לֵאמֹ֔ר To say (used with great latitude) saying
Go up עֲלוּ֙ To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative Go up
and possess וּרְשׁ֣וּ To occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin possess
the land הָאָ֔רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
which אֲשֶׁ֥ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
I have given נָתַ֖תִּי To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) given
you; then ye rebelled against וַתַּמְר֗וּ To be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke) then rebelled against
the commandment פִּ֤י The mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to commandment
of the Lord יְהוָה֙ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
your God, אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
and ye believed הֶֽאֱמַנְתֶּם֙ Properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain believed
him not, וְלֹ֤א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
nor וְלֹ֥א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles nor
hearkened שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hearkened
to his voice. בְּקֹלֽוֹ׃ A voice or sound voice

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  • 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 Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

  • 23  Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, 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.




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