but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
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but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
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But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
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And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
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Passages linked to Psalms 106:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 14:22 because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
- Deuteronomy 1:26-27 Yet you wouldn’t go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God. You murmured in your tents, and said, “Because Yahweh hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.
- Psalms 95:7-9 for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice! Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
- Hebrews 3:7-8 Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
- Hebrews 3:15 while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”
- Numbers 14:1-4 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness! Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?” They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.”
- Numbers 14:27-29 “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that complain against me? I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel, which they complain against me. Tell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you. Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 106:25 But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened…
Psa 106:25 But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Ver. 25. But murmured in their tents] Where they sat discontented (after the report of the spies), and, as we say, sick of the sullens; they would not attempt a conquest, but bewailed their hard fortune, and let fly on all hands, keeping a clutter and a rattle.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To God’s command, which was, that they should boldly…
To God’s command, which was, that they should boldly and confidently enter into it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But murmured in their tents,.... Throughout their tents; the…
But murmured in their tents,.... Throughout their tents; the murmuring was general; they murmured often; but what is here referred to seems to be their murmuring upon the report of the spies, Num 14:2. To murmur against God and his providence is a very great evil; and which generally proceeds on one or other of these two things; either because men have not so much of the good things of this world as others have; or because they endure more afflictions, and so are ready to charge the ways of God with inequality; not considering that God is a Sovereign, and may do with his own what he pleases; and that they are deserving of nothing at his hands; and that their punishment or chastisement is less than their sins deserve.
And hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord; to go up and possess the land; they disbelieved his word, and were disobedient to his command. The use the apostle makes of this, see Heb 3:7, and of their other provocations, of their lust, idolatry, fornication, tempting of God, and murmuring against him, see Co1 10:6.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The voice - To God's command, that they should…
The voice - To God's command, that they should boldly enter into it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain But murmured in their tents ... - Num 14:2,…
But murmured in their tents ... - Num 14:2, Num 14:27. They complained of Moses; they complained of their food; they complained of the hardships of their journey; they complained of God. They did this when “in their tents;” when they had a comfortable home; when safe; when provided for; when under the direct divine protection and care. So people often complain: perhaps oftener when they have “many” comforts than when they have “few.”
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. Murmured in their tents—See Num_14:2; Num_14:27; Deu_1:27
25. Murmured in their tents—See Num_14:2; Num_14:27; Deu_1:27
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. But murmured in their tents] From Deu_1:27, a…
25. But murmured in their tents] From Deu_1:27, a graphic picture of the Israelites sulking in their tents instead of boldly preparing for the march.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But murmured in their tents. The "murmuring" intended is…
But murmured in their tents. The "murmuring" intended is undoubtedly that mentioned in Num_14:1-4. The phraseology employed is from Deu_1:27. And hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord; i.e. hearkened not to the many promises which God had made to drive out the Canaanitish nations before them. (Exo_3:17 Exo_6:8 Exo_15:15-17, etc.)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 25. But murmured in their tents. From unbelief…
Ver. 25. But murmured in their tents. From unbelief to murmuring is a short and natural step; they even fell to weeping when they had the best ground for rejoicing. Murmuring is a great sin and not a mere weakness; it contains within itself unbelief, pride, rebellion, and a whole host of sins. It is a home sin, and is generally practised by complainers "in their tents, "but it is just as evil there as in the streets, and will be quite as grievous to the Lord.
And hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. Making a din with their own voices, they refused attention to their best Friend. Murmurers are bad hearers.
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Ver. 25. But murmured. Murmuring! It must have been a malady characteristic of the Hebrew people, or a disease peculiar to that desert. As we proceed with this narrative we are constantly meeting it, creaking along in discord harsh and chronic, or amazing earth and heaven by its shrill ear piercing paroxysms. They lift up their eyes, and as the Egyptians pursue, the people murmur. They come to a fountain, the water is bitter, and once more they murmur. Then no bread; murmurings redoubled. Moses is no longer in the Mount; murmurs. He takes too much upon him; more murmurs. When shall we reach that promised land? murmurs extraordinary, loud murmurs. We are close to the land, but its inhabitants are giants, and their towns walled up to heaven. Oh, what a take in! and the last breath of the last survivors of that querulous race goes forth in a hurricane of reproach and remonstrancea perfect storm of murmurs. James Hamilton (1814-1867) in "Moses the man of God."
Ver. 25. The murmuring on this occasion seems to have been a social evil, they murmured in their tents. So do men in social life promote among each other prejudice and aversion to true religion. W. Wilson.
Psalms 106:26*
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