Psalms Chapter 106 verse 33 Holy Bible
Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
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For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
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For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
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Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
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Because they were rebellious against his spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.
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For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 33. - Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. One man's sin often leads to another's, but does not necessitate it. The people "provoked Muses' spirit" by their murmurs and reproaches (Numbers 20:3-5). Moses, being provoked, made his rash utterance (Numbers 20:10). He was vexed, impatient, carried away by a gust of passion, and made the unfitting speech, "Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of the rock?" speaking as if the power were his own.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(33) They provoked his spirit.--The natural interpretation is to take this of Moses' spirit. So LXX. and Vulg., "they embittered his spirit." The usage of the phrase is, however, in favour of referring the words to the temper of the people towards God," they rebelled against His spirit."Spake unadvisedly.--Compare the same verb with the same addition, "with the lips," in Leviticus 5:4. This interpretation of the fault of Moses is partial. A comparison of all the historical narratives shows that it was rather for a momentary lapse into the despairing spirit of the people, than for addressing them as rebels, that Moses was excluded from the Promised Land.
