⁴¹ They turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

²² because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

²¹ For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

²² But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire."

⁸ Don't harden your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

⁹ Where your fathers tested me by proving me, And saw my works for forty years.

¹⁰ Therefore I was displeased with that generation, And said, 'They always err in their heart, But they didn't know my ways;'

¹¹ As I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'"

³⁹ to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

³⁵ While he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"

³⁶ But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."

¹⁸ For our shield belongs to Yahweh; Our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

²⁰ Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, Streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"

²² Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁶ You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

⁴ They said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.