7. because he is our Godand we are the people in his care,the flock that he leads.If only you would listen to him today!
8. “Do not be stubborn like ⌊my people were⌋ at Meribah,like the time at Massah in the desert.
9. Your ancestors challenged me and tested me there,although they had seen what I had done.
10. For 40 years I was disgusted with those people.So I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts continue to stray.They have not learned my ways.’
11. That is why I angrily took this solemn oath:‘They will never enter my place of rest!’ ”