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Deuteronomy 9:24

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 9:24 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.
Deuteronomy 9:24 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 9

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
21And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath.
23And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
24Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.
25So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.
26And I prayed unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.] Either from the time he first had and took knowledge of them and visited them, before his departure from Egypt to the land of Midian; ((see <020211>Exodus 2:11-14) compared with (<440725>Acts 7:25)); or from the time that he was sent to them to deliver them out of Egypt; (see <020520>Exodus 5:20,21) and especially from the time he brought them into the wilderness.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Deu 9:6, Deu 9:7, Deu 31:27; Act 7:51 Deuteronomy 9:25”
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