Deuteronomy 9:8

Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

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Interpretation

That the Israelites might have no pretence to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy it was, that they had not been destroyed in the wilderness.

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This thought runs through Deuteronomy 9:7-8.

Deuteronomy 9:7 Deuteronomy 9:8

Glossary

Mount Horeb Place: Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Jebel Musa.