Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: {the pleasant...: Heb. a land of desire}

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard {it}. {the word...: Gr. the word of hearing} {not being...: or, because they were not united by faith to}

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, {and} he fought against them.

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they {are} bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD {is} with us: fear them not. {defence: Heb. shadow}

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men {were} heads of the children of Israel.

({There are} eleven days' {journey} from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: {the pleasant...: Heb. a land of desire}

Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which {if} a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,