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Deuteronomy 1:27
You 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 be annihilated.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites at the edge of the Promised Land, recounting their refusal to advance after the spies' report. He records their immediate rebellion against the command to enter the territory.
The words — The text uses תֵרָגְנוּ (te.rag.nu), meaning "you murmured" or "grumbled," and שִׂנְאָה (sin.'ah), rendered as "hatred." These terms frame the people's direct claim that Yahweh intentionally abandoned them to destruction.
The thread — This pattern of tent-side grumbling and accusations of divine hostility recurs in Deuteronomy 9:28, Numbers 14:3, and Psalm 106:25. Each passage documents the same wilderness rebellion and the resulting distortion of God's purpose.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to identify how fear generates false theological accusations against God. It demands a clear-eyed assessment of how human anxiety can invert divine deliverance into perceived abandonment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 9:28 Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
- Numbers 14:3 Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
- Psalms 106:25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
- Exodus 16:3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
- Exodus 16:8 And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
- Numbers 21:5 and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
- Matthew 25:24 Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
- Luke 19:21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’