23 When the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, he said, ‘Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. You did not believe or obey him.(A) 24 You have been rebelling against the Lord ever since I have[a] known you.(B)

25 “I fell down in the presence of the Lord forty days and forty nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.

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  1. 9:24 Sam, LXX read since he has

23 And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea,(A) he said, “Go up and take possession(B) of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled(C) against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust(D) him or obey him. 24 You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.(E)

25 I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights(F) because the Lord had said he would destroy you.(G)

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