Deuteronomy 9:7

The 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

9:23 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.

Deuteronomy 31:27

31:27 for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. ⁵  Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the Lord; you will be even more rebellious after my death! ⁶ 

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 Lord” (likewise in the following verse with both “him” and “he”). See note on “he” in 9:3.

³ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.

⁴ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord your God,” that is, against the commandment that he had spoken.

⁵ tn Heb “stiffness of neck” (cf. KJV, NAB, NIV). See note on the word “stubborn” in Deut 9:6.

⁶ tn Heb “How much more after my death?” The Hebrew text has a sarcastic rhetorical question here; the translation seeks to bring out the force of the question.