Nehemiah 9:16 References

16 "But they, our fathers, aacted arrogantly; They bbecame stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.

b Deuteronomy 1:26-33, Deuteronomy 31:27, Nehemiah 9:29


Deuteronomy 1

26 "aYet you were not willing to go up, but brebelled against the command of the Lord your God;
27 and ayou grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the Lord hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.
28 'Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, "The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw athe sons of the Anakim there."'
29 "Then I said to you, 'Do not be shocked, nor fear them.
30 'The Lord your God who goes before you will aHimself fight on your behalf, just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
31 and in the wilderness where you saw how athe Lord your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place.'
32 "But afor all this, you did not trust the Lord your God,
33 awho goes before you on your way, bto seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go.

Deuteronomy 31

27 "For I know ayour rebellion and byour stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death?

Nehemiah 9

29 And aadmonished them in order to turn them back to Your law. Yet bthey acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances, By cwhich if a man observes them he shall live. And they dturned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

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