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Nehemiah 9:17

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refused: Numbers 14:3-4, Numbers 14:11, Numbers 14:41, Numbers 16:14; Psalms 106:24-25; Proverbs 1:24; Hebrews 12:25

mindful: Psalms 78:11, Psalms 78:42-43, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 106:7, Psalms 106:13; Matthew 16:9-11; 2 Peter 1:12-15

in their rebellion: Instead of bemiryam:, "in their rebellion," seven manuscripts, one edition, and the LXX, have bemitzrayim:, "in Egypt:" "appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt."

appointed: Numbers 14:4; Acts 7:39

a God: Numbers 14:18-19; Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 130:4; Micah 7:18-19

ready to pardon: Heb. of pardons

gracious: Exodus 34:6-7; Psalms 78:38, Psalms 103:8-18, Psalms 145:8-9; Isaiah 55:7-9; Joel 2:13; Romans 9:15; Ephesians 1:6-7

forsookest: 1 Kings 6:13, 1 Kings 8:57; Psalms 106:43-46

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