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Psalm 106:24
Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,
22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.
24Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word,
25but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to the LORD’s voice.
26Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
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The land is called pleasant even as Israel despises it, linking rejection of God's gift with refusal to believe his word.
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Hebrews 11:6Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.Both passages concern believing God: the psalm records Israel's unbelief, while Hebrews says faith is essential to pleasing him.
Numbers 14:11The LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? How long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?Both passages connect Israel's contempt with unbelief, and Numbers names the signs God had worked among them.
Deuteronomy 1:32Yet in this thing you didn’t believe the LORD your God,Both texts state Israel's failure to believe God, with the psalm specifying their refusal to believe his word.
Numbers 14:31But I will bring in your little ones that you said should be captured or killed, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.Both passages describe Israel rejecting the land; Numbers adds God's promise to bring their children into it.
Ezekiel 20:6in that day I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the …Both passages describe the land as good, with Ezekiel recounting God's oath to bring his people there from Egypt.
Hebrews 3:18–19To whom did he swear that they wouldn’t enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?Psalm 106's surrounding verses and Hebrews both describe God swearing judgment after the people's refusal to heed him.
Hebrews 4:6Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience,Both passages recount rejection of God's message; Hebrews names disobedience as the reason some failed to enter.
Genesis 25:34Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.The shared word is “despised”: Israel despised the pleasant land, while Esau despised his birthright.
Numbers 14:2All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or …The murmuring in Psalm 106:25 also appears in Numbers, where Israel wishes for death in Egypt or the wilderness.
Psalm 78:22because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.Both psalms describe Israel's failure to believe God; Psalm 78 also names their lack of trust in his salvation.
Hebrews 3:12Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;Both texts treat unbelief toward God as grave; Hebrews warns its readers against falling away from the living God.
Deuteronomy 8:7–9For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;The “pleasant land” in the psalm corresponds to Deuteronomy's “good land,” described there through its abundant sources of water.
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Israel's refusal to believe did not make the land less good. God's word deserves trust even when his gifts are met with contempt.
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