Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 1:34
When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, recounting Yahweh’s immediate reaction to their reported refusal to enter the land. The moment occurs after the wilderness generation heard the spies’ report and responded with unbelief.
The words — The verse centers on יְהוָ֖ה (Yahweh) as the subject who hears, and וַ/יִּקְצֹ֖ף (va/i.yik.Tzof), literally "and he was angry," which directly precedes the divine oath.
The thread — The same sequence of divine hearing, anger, and sworn judgment runs in Numbers 14:22 regarding the tested wilderness generation and is cited in Hebrews 3:8 as a warning against hardening hearts during testing.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s anger follows repeated hearing of rebellious words and results in a binding oath of exclusion. Readers must confront how persistent rejection of divine guidance produces irreversible consequences that demand sober self-examination.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
Cross-references
- Numbers 14:22 not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
- Hebrews 3:8 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
- Numbers 32:8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
- Deuteronomy 2:14 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
- Psalms 95:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Ezekiel 20:15 Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—