39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and (A)in their hearts they turned to Egypt,

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39 “But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.(A)

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Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? (A)Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” And they said to one another, (B)“Let us choose a leader and (C)go back to Egypt.”

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Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?(A) Our wives and children(B) will be taken as plunder.(C) Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?(D) And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.(E)

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(A)We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

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We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.(A)

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and the people of Israel said to them, (A)“Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, (B)when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

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The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!(A) There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food(B) we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”(C)

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51 (A)“You stiff-necked people, (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (C)As your fathers did, so do you. 52 (D)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (E)the Righteous One, (F)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

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51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(C) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(D)

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On that day I swore to them that (A)I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land (B)flowing with milk and honey, (C)the most glorious of all lands. And I said to them, (D)‘Cast away the detestable things (E)your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with (F)the idols of Egypt; (G)I am the Lord your God.’ (H)But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. (I)None of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.

“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them (J)and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. (K)But I acted (L)for the sake of my name, (M)that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, (N)in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. 10 (O)So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. 11 (P)I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, (Q)by which, if a person does them, he shall live. 12 Moreover, I gave them (R)my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, (S)that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. 13 (T)But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. (U)They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; (V)and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned.

(W)“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them. 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, (X)in whose sight I had brought them out.

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On that day I swore(A) to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey,(B) the most beautiful of all lands.(C) And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images(D) you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols(E) of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.(F)

“‘But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me;(G) they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.(H) So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt.(I) But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt.(J) I did it to keep my name from being profaned(K) in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites. 10 Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.(L) 11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.(M) 12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths(N) as a sign(O) between us,(P) so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.(Q)

13 “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled(R) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws(S)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.(T) So I said I would pour out my wrath(U) on them and destroy(V) them in the wilderness.(W) 14 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned(X) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.(Y)

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32 They (A)angered him at the waters of Meribah,
    and it went ill with Moses on their account,
33 for they (B)made his spirit bitter,[a]
    and he (C)spoke rashly with his lips.

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  1. Psalm 106:33 Or they rebelled against God's Spirit

32 By the waters of Meribah(A) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33 for they rebelled(B) against the Spirit(C) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.[a](D)

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  1. Psalm 106:33 Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips

16 “But they and our fathers (A)acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey (B)and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[a] But you are a God ready to forgive, (C)gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:17 Some Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their slavery

16 “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,(A) and they did not obey your commands.(B) 17 They refused to listen and failed to remember(C) the miracles(D) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked(E) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.(F) But you are a forgiving God,(G) gracious and compassionate,(H) slow to anger(I) and abounding in love.(J) Therefore you did not desert them,(K)

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27 (A)So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling (B)the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

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27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord, fulfilling(A) the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.

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And Gilead's wife also bore him sons. And when his wife's sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.”

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Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. “You are not going to get any inheritance in our family,” they said, “because you are the son of another woman.”

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And the people (A)spoke against God and against Moses, (B)“Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and (C)we loathe this worthless food.”

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they spoke against God(A) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt(B) to die in the wilderness?(C) There is no bread! There is no water!(D) And we detest this miserable food!”(E)

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But the people thirsted there for water, and (A)the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

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But the people were thirsty(A) for water there, and they grumbled(B) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die(C) of thirst?”

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11 They (A)said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Is not this what (B)we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?(A) What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”(B)

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