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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—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the Israelite congregation through Moses, declaring judgment on the exodus generation after they refuse to enter Canaan following the spies' report.
The words — כָּל (khol) = all, and אֹתֹתַי ('otoTai) = my signs. The Hebrew literally identifies the complete group who witnessed the divine glory and the specific miracles performed in Egypt and the wilderness.
The thread — Hebrews 3:17 recalls the forty-year wilderness period and the fallen bodies linked to this generation. The phrase "ten times" reappears in Genesis 31:7 regarding changed wages and in Job 19:3 regarding repeated reproach, showing the number functions as a literary marker for complete or repeated action across different contexts.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that repeated disobedience after direct exposure to divine power forfeits the promised inheritance. A reader must confront the reality that witnessing miracles does not guarantee obedience or future blessing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Cross-references
- Hebrews 3:17 And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- Genesis 31:7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
- Job 19:3 Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
- Exodus 32:1 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
- Deuteronomy 1:31 and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
- Psalms 106:26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
- Exodus 17:2 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
- Genesis 31:41 Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
- Exodus 14:11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- Numbers 14:11 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?