“So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.”
So I spoke to you, and you would not listen; but you rebelled against the command of the LORD, and presumptuously went up into the hill country -- the people's refusal to heed Moses' second warning repeats their earlier disobedience. 'Presumptuously' (ethpael, to act arrogantly) characterizes the assault without divine backing. The cycle deepens: unbelief leads to rebellion, which leads to further rebellion.
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