Psalms 78:41 KJV

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Their settlement in CanaanLet not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are...

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Cross References

  • Numbers 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
  • Numbers 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
  • Deuteronomy 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
  • 2 Kings 19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
  • Psalms 78:19–20 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? …

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Bible Dictionary

  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Yea, they turned back וַיָּשׁוּבוּ wayyāšûbû שׁוּב Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • and tempted וַיְנַסּוּ waynassû נָסָה Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • God אֵל ʾēl אֵל Noun · masculine singular
  • and limited הִתְווּ hitwû תָּוָה Verb · hiphil perfect, third person common plural
  • the Holy One וּקְדוֹשׁ ûqĕdôš קָדוֹשׁ Adjective · masculine singular construct · with and
  • of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name

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