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Acts 7:36
He led the people out of Egypt, performing miracles and wonders in Egypt and at the Red Sea and for forty years in the desert.
Acts 7:39-43
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"But our ancestors refused to obey him; they pushed him aside and wished that they could go back to Egypt.
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So they said to Aaron, 'Make us some gods who will lead us. We do not know what has happened to that man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt.'
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It was then that they made an idol in the shape of a bull, offered sacrifice to it, and had a feast in honor of what they themselves had made.
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So God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'People of Israel! It was not to me that you slaughtered and sacrificed animals for forty years in the desert.
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It was the tent of the god Molech that you carried, and the image of Rephan, your star god; they were idols that you had made to worship. And so I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.'
Exodus 16:2
There in the desert they all complained to Moses and Aaron
Exodus 16:35
The Israelites ate manna for the next forty years, until they reached the land of Canaan, where they settled.
Numbers 14:22
none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and over again and have refused to obey me.
Numbers 14:33
Your children will wander in the wilderness for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last one of you dies.
Numbers 14:34
You will suffer the consequences of your sin for forty years, one year for each of the forty days you spent exploring the land. You will know what it means to have me against you!
Deuteronomy 9:7
"Never forget how you made the LORD your God angry in the desert. From the day that you left Egypt until the day you arrived here, you have rebelled against him.
Deuteronomy 9:21-24
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I took that sinful thing that you had made---that metal bull-calf---and threw it into the fire. Then I broke it in pieces, ground it to dust, and threw the dust into the stream that flowed down the mountain.
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"You also made the LORD your God angry when you were at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah.
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And when he sent you from Kadesh Barnea with orders to go and take possession of the land that he was giving you, you rebelled against him; you did not trust him or obey him.
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Ever since I have known you, you have rebelled against the LORD.
Nehemiah 9:16-21
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But our ancestors grew proud and stubborn and refused to obey your commands.
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They refused to obey; they forgot all you did; they forgot the miracles you had performed. In their pride they chose a leader to take them back to slavery in Egypt. But you are a God who forgives; you are gracious and loving, slow to be angry. Your mercy is great; you did not forsake them.
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They made an idol in the shape of a bull-calf and said it was the god who led them from Egypt! How much they insulted you, LORD!
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But you did not abandon them there in the desert, for your mercy is great. You did not take away the cloud or the fire that showed them the path by day and night.
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In your goodness you told them what they should do; you fed them manna and gave them water to drink.
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Through forty years in the desert you provided all that they needed; their clothing never wore out, and their feet were not swollen with pain.
Psalm 78:17-42
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But they continued to sin against God, and in the desert they rebelled against the Most High.
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They deliberately put God to the test by demanding the food they wanted.
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They spoke against God and said, "Can God supply food in the desert?
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It is true that he struck the rock, and water flowed out in a torrent; but can he also provide us with bread and give his people meat?"
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And so the LORD was angry when he heard them; he attacked his people with fire, and his anger against them grew,
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because they had no faith in him and did not believe that he would save them.
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But he spoke to the sky above and commanded its doors to open;
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he gave them grain from heaven, by sending down manna for them to eat.
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So they ate the food of angels, and God gave them all they wanted.
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He also caused the east wind to blow, and by his power he stirred up the south wind;
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and to his people he sent down birds, as many as the grains of sand on the shore;
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they fell in the middle of the camp all around the tents.
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So the people ate and were satisfied; God gave them what they wanted.
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But they had not yet satisfied their craving and were still eating,
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when God became angry with them and killed their strongest men, the best young men of Israel.
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In spite of all this the people kept sinning; in spite of his miracles they did not trust him.
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So he ended their days like a breath and their lives with sudden disaster.
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Whenever he killed some of them, the rest would turn to him; they would repent and pray earnestly to him.
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They remembered that God was their protector, that the Almighty came to their aid.
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But their words were all lies; nothing they said was sincere.
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They were not loyal to him; they were not faithful to their covenant with him.
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But God was merciful to his people. He forgave their sin and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger and restrained his fury.
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He remembered that they were only mortal beings, like a wind that blows by and is gone.
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How often they rebelled against him in the desert; how many times they made him sad!
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Again and again they put God to the test and brought pain to the Holy God of Israel.
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They forgot his great power and the day when he saved them from their enemies
Psalm 95:8-11
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"Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
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There they put me to the test and tried me, although they had seen what I did for them.
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For forty years I was disgusted with those people. I said, 'How disloyal they are! They refuse to obey my commands.'
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I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'You will never enter the land where I would have given you rest.' "
Psalm 106:13-29
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But they quickly forgot what he had done and acted without waiting for his advice.
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They were filled with craving in the desert and put God to the test;
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so he gave them what they asked for, but also sent a terrible disease among them.
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There in the desert they were jealous of Moses and of Aaron, the LORD's holy servant.
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Then the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and his family;
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fire came down on their followers and burned up those wicked people.
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They made a gold bull-calf at Sinai and worshiped that idol;
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they exchanged the glory of God for the image of an animal that eats grass.
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They forgot the God who had saved them by his mighty acts in Egypt.
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What wonderful things he did there! What amazing things at the Red Sea!
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When God said that he would destroy his people, his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God and kept his anger from destroying them.
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Then they rejected the pleasant land, because they did not believe God's promise.
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They stayed in their tents and grumbled and would not listen to the LORD.
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So he have them a solomn warning that he would make them die in the desert
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and scatter their descendants among the heathen, letting them die in foreign countries.
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Then at Peor, God's people joined in the worship of Baal and ate sacrifices offered to dead gods.
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They stirred up the LORD's anger by their actions, and a terrible disease broke out among them.
Ezekiel 20:10-17
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"And so I led them out of Egypt into the desert.
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I gave them my commands and taught them my laws, which bring life to anyone who obeys them.
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I made the keeping of the Sabbath a sign of the agreement between us, to remind them that I, the LORD, make them holy.
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But even in the desert they defied me. They broke my laws and rejected my commands, which bring life to anyone who obeys them. They completely profaned the Sabbath. I was ready to let them feel the force of my anger there in the desert and to destroy them.
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But I did not, since that would have brought dishonor to my name among the nations which had seen me lead Israel out of Egypt.
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So I made a vow in the desert that I would not take them to the land I had given them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.
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I made the vow because they had rejected my commands, broken my laws, and profaned the Sabbath---they preferred to worship their idols.
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"But then I took pity on them. I decided not to kill them there in the desert.
Amos 5:25
"People of Israel, I did not demand sacrifices and offerings during those forty years that I led you through the desert.
Amos 5:26
But now, because you have worshiped images of Sakkuth, your king god, and of Kaiwan, your star god, you will have to carry those images
1 Corinthians 10:1-10
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I want you to remember, my friends, what happened to our ancestors who followed Moses. They were all under the protection of the cloud, and all passed safely through the Red Sea.
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In the cloud and in the sea they were all baptized as followers of Moses.
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All ate the same spiritual bread
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and drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them; and that rock was Christ himself.
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But even then God was not pleased with most of them, and so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert.
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Now, all of this is an example for us, to warn us not to desire evil things, as they did,
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nor to worship idols, as some of them did. As the scripture says, "The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy of drinking and sex."
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We must not be guilty of sexual immorality, as some of them were---and in one day twenty-three thousand of them fell dead.
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We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did---and they were killed by snakes.
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We must not complain, as some of them did---and they were destroyed by the Angel of Death.
Hebrews 3:7-10
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So then, as the Holy Spirit says, "If you hear God's voice today,
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do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were when they rebelled against God, as they were that day in the desert when they put him to the test.
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There they put me to the test and tried me, says God, although they had seen what I did for forty years.
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And so I was angry with those people and said, 'They are always disloyal and refuse to obey my commands.'
Hebrews 3:16-19
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Who were the people who heard God's voice and rebelled against him? All those who were led out of Egypt by Moses.
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With whom was God angry for forty years? With the people who sinned, who fell down dead in the desert.
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When God made his solemn promise, "They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest"---of whom was he speaking? Of those who rebelled.
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We see, then, that they were not able to enter the land, because they did not believe.