Deuteronomy 9:7
in Deuteronomy 9Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.
KJV
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseWe are apt to forget our provocations, especially when the smart of the rod is over, and have need to be often put in mind of them, that we may never entertain any conceit of our own righteousness. Paul argues from the guilt which all mankind is under to prove that we cannot be justified before God by our own works, Rom. iii. If our works condemn us, they will not justify us.
This site's exposition
Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not
on Deuteronomy 9:6-7
The third denial adds a ground of its own, for thou art a stiffnecked people, which is the word God used of them at Exodus 32:9 and which the rest of the chapter goes on to document. Verse 7 then carries both of the book's standing commands in one breath, remember, and forget not, and it is the only verse in Deuteronomy where the two meet. Remember falls fourteen times in the book and forget nine, and what is to be remembered here is forty years of provocation rather than a deliverance. Barnes reads the chapter as the argument Paul makes at Ephesians 2:8-9.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Remember, and forget not how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness,....
Forty years long, from first to last, were God and Moses grieved with them. It is a very sad character Moses now at parting leaves of them: You have been rebellious since the day I knew you,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord--To dislodge from their minds any presumptuous idea of their own righteousness, Moses rehearses their acts of disobedience and rebellion committed so frequently, and in circumstances of the most awful and impressive solemnity, that they had forfeited all claims to the favor of God.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זְכֹר֙ | zekhor | remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תִּשְׁכַּ֔ח | tishkach | you forget | H7911 → | 102 times |
| אֵ֧ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | this: | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִקְצַ֛פְתָּ | hiktzafta | you provoked to anger | H7107 → | 34 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| לְמִן־ | lemin- | <to> from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַיּ֞וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָצָ֣אתָ׀ | yatzata | you came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֗יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֹּֽאֲכֶם֙ | boakhem | came you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַמָּק֣וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| מַמְרִ֥ים | mamrim | rebelling | H4784 → | 45 times |
| הֱיִיתֶ֖ם | heyitem | you have been | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
זְכֹר֙remember
zekhorH2142 →230 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תִּשְׁכַּ֔חyou forget
tishkachH7911 →102 times
אֵ֧ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־this:
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הִקְצַ֛פְתָּyou provoked to anger
hiktzaftaH7107 →34 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רin the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
לְמִן־<to> from
lemin-H4480 →1188 times
הַיּ֞וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אֲשֶׁר־when
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יָצָ֣אתָ׀you came out
yatzataH3318 →1067 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֗יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בֹּֽאֲכֶם֙came you
boakhemH935 →2568 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַמָּק֣וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
מַמְרִ֥יםrebelling
mamrimH4784 →45 times
הֱיִיתֶ֖םyou have been
heyitemH1961 →3559 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:6
These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
- Exodus 12:38
And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
- Psalms 106:14
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- 1 Corinthians 10:6
Through
Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
it leads to
- Exodus 17:2–3
So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 17:2–3
Through
Numbers 25:2who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:20
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
- Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
- 1 Corinthians 10:20
Through
Exodus 16:2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:24
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
- 1 Corinthians 10:10
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
- Exodus 15:24
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.