Deuteronomy 9:7
ContextThe History of Israel’s Stubbornness
9:7 Remember – don’t ever forget 1 – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him. 2
Deuteronomy 9:23-24
Context9:23 And when he 3 sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you, “Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the Lord your God 4 and would neither believe nor obey him. 9:24 You have been rebelling against him 5 from the very first day I knew you!
1 tn By juxtaposing the positive זְכֹר (zekhor, “remember”) with the negative אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח (’al-tishÿkakh, “do not forget”), Moses makes a most emphatic plea.
2 tn Heb “the
3 tn Heb “the
4 tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord your God,” that is, against the commandment that he had spoken.