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How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningLeviticus 26:14–42Deuteronomy 4:9Deuteronomy 8:11–14Deuteronomy 28:15–68Deuteronomy 29:18–28Deuteronomy 32:15–30Joshua 24:20–271 Kings 9:6–92 Chronicles 15:2–4Ezra 8:22Job 34:26Job 34:27Psalms 44:20Psalms 44:21Psalms 73:27Psalms 85:8Psalms 125:5Proverbs 2:17Proverbs 14:14Proverbs 24:16
• See Apostasy
• See Backsliding of Israel, below
• See Church, Backslidden
• See Reprobacy
• INSTANCES OF
• Saul1 Samuel 15:111 Samuel 15:26–28
• Solomon1 Kings 11:4–40Nehemiah 13:26
• Amon2 Kings 21:222 Kings 21:23
• Rehoboam2 Chronicles 12:12 Chronicles 12:2
• Asa2 Chronicles 16:7–9
• Joash2 Chronicles 24:24

The passages, in Bible order (253)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 17:1–7

   Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 17:1–72 voices

   “The same phraseology occurs elsewhere (Nu 9:18, 19). pitched in Rephidim--now believed, on good grounds, to be Wady Feiran, which is exactly a day's march from Mount Sinai, and at the entrance of the Horeb district. It is a long circuitous defile about forty feet in breadth, with perpendicular granite rocks on both sides.

   “According to their journeys - The Israelites rested at two stations before they reached Rephidim, namely, Dophkah and Alush Num 33:12-14. Dophkah was in the Wady Sih, a day’s journey from the Wady Nasb. The wilderness of Sin Exo 16:1 properly speaking ends here, the sandstone ceases, and is replaced by the porphyry and granite which belong to the central formation of the Sinaitic group. Alush may have been near the entrance to the Wady Sheikh. Rephidim - (Variously placed at Feiran at the base of Mount Serbal, or at the pass of El Watiyeh.)

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2. Exodus 17:7

   He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 17:72 voices

   “He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah - מסה Massah signifies temptation or trial; and מריבה Meribah, contention or litigation. From 1Co 10:4, we learn that this rock was a type of Christ, and their drinking of it is represented as their being made partakers of the grace and mercy of God through Christ Jesus; and yet many who drank fell and perished in the wilderness in the very act of disobedience! Reader, be not high minded, but fear!

   “They do, in effect, suppose that Moses was an impostor, Aaron a deceiver, the pillar of cloud and fire a mere sham and illusion, which imposed upon their senses, that long series of miracles which had rescued them, served them, and fed them, a chain of cheats, and the promise of Canaan a banter upon them; it was all so, if the Lord was not among them.

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3. Exodus 32:1

   Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 32:11 voice

   “The image made was single, and therefore it would be imputing to the Israelites a greater sin than they were guilty of, to charge them with renouncing the worship of the true God for idols.

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4. Leviticus 26:14–42

   If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

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5. Leviticus 26:40–42

   But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 26:40–421 voice

   “If they shall confess their iniquity, &c.--This passage holds out the gracious promise of divine forgiveness and favor on their repentance, and their happy restoration to their land, in memory of the covenant made with their fathers (Ro 2:1-29).

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6. Numbers 14:43

   For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”

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7. Deuteronomy 4:9

   Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:91 voice

   “A full stop should end Deu 4:9; and Deu 4:10 begin, At the time that thou stoodest, etc. Deu 4:11 then ye came near, etc. Moses, exhorting to heedful observance of the Law, strives to renew the impressions of that tremendous scene which attended its promulgation at Sinai.

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8. Deuteronomy 4:25–31

   After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—

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9. Deuteronomy 4:29

   But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:291 voice

   “If from thence thou seek the Lord - Whatever place we are in, we may from thence seek him. There is no part of the earth which has a gulf fixt between it and heaven.

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10. Deuteronomy 4:30

    When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

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11. Deuteronomy 8:11–14

    Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.

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12. Deuteronomy 28:15–68

    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15–682 voices

    “But . . . if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord--Curses that were to follow them in the event of disobedience are now enumerated, and they are almost exact counterparts of the blessings which were described in the preceding context as the reward of a faithful adherence to the covenant.

    “The curses correspond in form and number Deu 28:15-19 to the blessings Deu 28:3-6, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deut. 28:20-68. Deu 28:20-26 First series of judgments. The curse of God should rest on all they did, and should issue in manifold forms of disease, in famine, and in defeat in war. Deu 28:20 Vexation - Rather, confusion: the word in the original is used Deu 7:23; 1Sa 14:20 for the panic and disorder with which the curse of God smites His foes.

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13. Deuteronomy 29:18–28

    Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 29:18–281 voice

    “A root that beareth gall and wormwood - That is, as the apostle expresses it, Heb 3:12, An evil heart of unbelief departing from the living God; for to this place he evidently refers. It may also signify false doctrines, or idolatrous persons among themselves.

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14. Deuteronomy 30:1–10

    “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:1–101 voice

    “The rejection of Israel and the desolation of the promised inheritance were not to be the end of God’s dispensations. The closing words of the address therefore are words of comfort and promise. Compare marginal reference and Deu 4:29 ff; 1Ki 8:46-50. The chastisements of God would lead the nation to repent, and thereupon God would again bless them. Deu 30:3 Will turn thy captivity - Will change or put an end to thy state of captivity or distress (compare Psa 14:7; Psa 85:2; Jer 30:18).

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15. Deuteronomy 31:16–30

    And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 31:16–302 voices

    “Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers - שכב shocheb, thou shalt lie down; it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and, metaphorically, to die. Much stress cannot be safely laid on this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people in the time of Moses had a distinct notion of its separate existence.

    “Worshipping the gods of the Canaanites (who had been the natives, but henceforward were to be looked upon as the strangers of that land) would undoubtedly be counted a deserting of God, and, like adultery, a violation of the covenant.

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16. Deuteronomy 32:5

    His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:52 voices

    “They have corrupted themselves--that is, the Israelites by their frequent lapses and their inveterate attachment to idolatry. their spot is not the spot of his children--This is an allusion to the marks which idolaters inscribe on their foreheads or their arms with paint or other substances, in various colors and forms--straight, oval, or circular, according to the favorite idol of their worship.

    “Their spot is not the spot of his children - This verse is variously translated and variously understood. They are corrupted, not his, children of pollution - Kennicott. They are corrupt, they are not his children, they are blotted - Houbigant. This is according to the Samaritan.

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