15 Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands— 16 because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols. 17 Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:15–17
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Ezekiel 20:20–22
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Psalms 106:25–27
25 They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. 26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, 27 to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
Ezekiel 20:7–9
7 And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’ 8 But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations… 9 …
Numbers 14:22–24
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Numbers 32:10–12
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Leviticus 26:43–45
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Psalms 78:16–18
16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. 17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. 18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
Ezekiel 36:17–19
17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. 18 So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land,…
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