Text: Psalm 106:24-26
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 1:32
Subject: Unbelief at Kadesh-barnea
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Moses declares that "in spite of all this, you did not trust (לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם, lo he'emantem) the LORD your God," and Psalm 106:24 restates this diagnosis: "they did not believe (לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ, lo he'eminu) His promise." Both texts use the root אמן ('mn, "believe/trust") to identify the fundamental sin at Kadesh-barnea—not fear of the Canaanites but failure to trust Yahweh's word. The psalm's liturgical retelling condenses Deuteronomy's extended spy narrative into a three-verse indictment, preserving the core theological judgment that unbelief led to God's oath of exclusion: "He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness."