King James Version
Deuteronomy 9:22 in the King James Version says “And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.”
Deuteronomy 9:22 · KJV
And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“ye provoked the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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