But they continued to sin against him. In the desert they refused to obey the Most High God.

他们却仍旧得罪他，在干燥之地悖逆至高者。

他们却仍旧得罪他，在干旱之地悖逆至高者。

他们却仍旧得罪他，在干旱之地悖逆至高者。

然而，他们仍旧犯罪，在旷野反叛至高的上帝。

但他们仍然犯罪顶撞他，在干旱之地仍然悖逆至高者。

可是他们又继续对他犯罪，在那干旱之地悖逆至高者。

他們卻仍舊得罪他，在乾燥之地悖逆至高者。

他們卻仍舊得罪他，在乾旱之地悖逆至高者。

他們卻仍舊得罪他，在乾旱之地悖逆至高者。

然而，他們仍舊犯罪，在曠野反叛至高的上帝。

但他們仍然犯罪頂撞他，在乾旱之地仍然悖逆至高者。

他們卻仍然犯罪、更加得罪了他，在乾旱之地悖逆了至高者。

可是他們又繼續對他犯罪，在那乾旱之地悖逆至高者。

民猶干罪、逆至上者於野兮、

斯民在野、犯罪愈多、干至上震怒兮、

豈知彼在曠野、仍然得罪天主、依舊背逆至上之主、

群民無饜。厥欲是逞。

But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

Yet they kept on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.

Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

But they refused to obey him. They made his Holy Spirit sad. So he turned against them and became their enemy. He himself fought against them.

But they soon forgot what he had done. They didn’t wait for what he had planned to happen.In the desert they longed for food. In that dry and empty land they tested God.So he gave them what they asked for. But he also sent a sickness that killed many of them.In their camp some of them became jealous of Moses and Aaron. Aaron had been set apart to serve the Lord.The ground opened up and swallowed Dathan. It buried Abiram and his followers.Fire blazed among all of them. Flames destroyed those evil people.At Mount Horeb they made a metal statue of a bull calf. They worshiped that statue of a god.They traded their glorious God for a statue of a bull that eats grass.They forgot the God who saved them. They forgot the God who had done great things in Egypt.They forgot the miracles he did in the land of Ham. They forgot the wonderful things he did by the Red Sea.So he said he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stood up for them. He kept God’s anger from destroying them.Later on, they refused to enter the pleasant land of Canaan. They didn’t believe God’s promise.In their tents they told the Lord how unhappy they were. They didn’t obey him.So he lifted up his hand and promised that he would make them die in the desert.He promised he would scatter their children’s children among the nations. He would make them die in other lands.They joined in worshiping the Baal that was worshiped at Peor. They ate food that had been offered to gods that aren’t even alive.Their evil ways made the Lord angry. So a plague broke out among them.But Phinehas stood up and took action. Then the plague stopped.What Phinehas did made him right with the Lord. It will be remembered for all time to come.By the waters of Meribah the Lord’ s people made him angry. Moses got in trouble because of them.

At Mount Horeb you made the Lord angry enough to destroy you.

The Lord told me,“ Go down from here right away. The people you brought out of Egypt have become very sinful. They have quickly turned away from what I commanded them. They have made a statue of a god for themselves.”The Lord also said to me,“ I have seen these people. They are so stubborn!Do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy them. I will wipe them out from the earth. Then I will make you into a great nation. Your people will be stronger than they were. There will be more of you than there were of them.”So I turned and went down the mountain. It was blazing with fire. I was carrying the two tablets of the covenant law.When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a metal statue of a god. It looked like a calf. You had quickly turned away from the path the Lord had commanded you to follow.So I threw the two tablets out of my hands. You watched them break into pieces.Then once again I fell down flat in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground. I lay there for 40 days and 40 nights. I didn’t eat any food or drink any water. You had committed a terrible sin. You had done an evil thing in the Lord’ s sight. You had made him angry.I was afraid of the Lord’ s great anger. He was so angry with you he wanted to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me again.And he was so angry with Aaron he wanted to destroy him too. But at that time I prayed for Aaron.I also got that sinful calf you had made. I burned it in the fire. I crushed it and ground it into fine powder. Then I threw the powder into a stream that was flowing down the mountain.You also made the Lord angry at Taberah, Massah and Kibroth Hattaavah.

But even after all that, they kept on sinning. Even after the wonderful things he had done, they still didn’t believe.

He says,“ Don’t be stubborn as you were at Meribah. Don’t be stubborn as you were that day at Massah in the desert.There your people of long ago really tested me. They did it even though they had seen what I had done for them.For 40 years I was angry with them. I said,‘ Their hearts are always going astray. They do not know how I want them to live.’

Who were those who heard and refused to obey? Weren’t they all the people Moses led out of Egypt?Who was God angry with for 40 years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned? They died in the desert.God promised that those people would never enjoy the rest he planned for them. God gave his word when he made that promise. Didn’t he make that promise to those who didn’t obey?So we see that they weren’t able to enter. That’s because they didn’t believe.