7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,

Today if you hear His voice,
8

Do not harden your hearts as [your fathers did] in the rebellion [of Israel at (a)Meribah],
On the day of testing in the wilderness,
9

Where your fathers tried Me by testing [My forbearance and tolerance],
And saw My works for forty years
[And found I stood their test].
10

Therefore I was angered with this generation,
And I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]’;
11

So I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
They shall not enter My rest [the promised land].’”(A)

Footnotes:

a. Hebrews 3:8: See Ex 17:1-7.

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