Text: Psalm 106:24
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 1:27
Subject: wilderness rebellion
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 1:27 recounts Israel's accusation that the LORD brought them out of Egypt "because He hates us" (בְּשִׂנְאַת יְהוָה, besin'at YHWH), and Psalm 106:24 interprets this episode as despising the "pleasant land" (אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה, 'eretz chemdah) and refusing to believe God's word (דָּבָר, davar). The psalmist reframes Moses's historical narrative as confessional poetry, identifying the core failure as unbelief rather than merely grumbling. Both texts serve as warnings to later generations: Moses warns the generation entering the land, while the psalmist calls post-exilic Israel to acknowledge that their ancestors' pattern of faithlessness brought divine judgment.