For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age

Following from the previous teachings of husband and wives, and church and Messiah, Paul now teaches about the relationship between parents and children, and between workers and bosses. Children are to honor their parents and this pleases God. However it is not a one way relationship. The parents too are required to not provoke the children and to raise them for the Lord. Similarly, workers should work diligently as for the Lord, while the bosses must act fairly and will answer the their bosses which is the Lord.

The second part of the chapter is about the well known armor of God. These are spiritual armor and they are needed for spiritual warfare. The believer should realise that the physical troubles sometimes have their origins in the powers and principalities which are perpetrated by the rulers of darkness and the wicked spirits in the spiritual realm.




Ephesians 6
Children and Parents

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”[a]

4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Bondservants and Masters

5 Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6 not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also[b] is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[c] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

A Gracious Greeting

21 But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you; 22 whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.

23 Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies

The chapter starts with God reminding all His children who had escaped to Egypt and the surrounding areas, about what God had warned them about and why He was bringing the catastrophe and devastation. The most serious wickedness was that of idolatory. However, their recent migration from Judah was also seen by God as abandoning their nation. God's new proclamation was that all of them who escaped to Egypt will face with the same destruction from the sword, famine and pestilence. None of them would escape from this judgment and they will not be able to return to Judah if they wanted to.

And even more astonishing response to Jeremiah from the people was that they were determined to continue to worship and burn incence to the queen of heaven and pour offerings to the idols. They thought the disasters were because they stopped worshipping the idols, hence they decided to continue that.

Jeremiah tried to explain one last time, that the disasters were because they did not obey God, and did not walk in His laws and statutes. Knowing that their hearts were set on continuing their idol worshipping, Jeremiah revealed that all the people of Judah who have escaped to Egypt, will face the same fate because Egypt will be invaded by the Babylonians. However, a very small remnant, would be allow to escape back to Judah, so that they will be a testimony that God had done as He promised. God was so serious in this judgment that He swore on His own Name (none other higher than this) to carry it out



Jeremiah 44
Israelites Will Be Punished in Egypt

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph,[a] and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘You have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, 3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and to serve other gods whom they did not know, they nor you nor your fathers. 4 However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!” 5 But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods. 6 So My fury and My anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.’

7 “Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah, leaving none to remain, 8 in that you provoke Me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to dwell, that you may cut yourselves off and be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They have not been humbled, to this day, nor have they feared; they have not walked in My law or in My statutes that I set before you and your fathers.’

11 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will set My face against you for catastrophe and for cutting off all Judah. 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to dwell there, and they shall all be consumed and fall in the land of Egypt. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine. They shall die, from the least to the greatest, by the sword and by famine; and they shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse and a reproach! 13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, 14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or survive, lest they return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return and dwell. For none shall return except those who escape.’”

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, with all the women who stood by, a great multitude, and all the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying: 16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you! 17 But we will certainly do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and saw no trouble. 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”

19 The women also said, “And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes for her, to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her without our husbands’ permission?”

20 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people—the men, the women, and all the people who had given him that answer—saying: 21 “The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and did it not come into His mind? 22 So the Lord could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 Because you have burned incense and because you have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord or walked in His law, in His statutes or in His testimonies, therefore this calamity has happened to you, as at this day.”

24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt! 25 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘You and your wives have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands, saying, “We will surely keep our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” You will surely keep your vows and perform your vows!’ 26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “The Lord God lives.” 27 Behold, I will watch over them for adversity and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end to them. 28 Yet a small number who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs. 29 And this shall be a sign to you,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that My words will surely stand against you for adversity.’

30 “Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.’”

To Cause their Sons and their Daughters to Pass through the Fire

Jeremiah was put in the prison by king Zedekiah, because he was always prophesying that Zedekiah would be captured and Jerusalem will be conquered. While in prison, the Lord told Jeremiah that his cousin would come and offer him the right to buy his land. So Hanamel, the son of Shallum who was Jeremiah's uncle came to him. It appears that according to inheritance law, Jeremiah had the right to redemption. So when Hanamel came as predicted, Jeremiah purchased the land from him straight away. He gave the land deeds to Baruch and instructed him to keep it safely in an earthen vessel, in anticipation of redeeming the land, when God restores the nation again in the future.

Jeremiah confirms God's prophecy and perhaps also asked God about the land deal, since in that moment, Jerusalem was besieged by the Chaldeans. The people within Jerusalem were suffering from food shortages and sickness, as well as waiting for their imminent defeat. Jeremiah seemed to be asking the logic of buying the land, given their circumstances, even though he bought it first out of obedience.

God confirms it was necessary for the invasion of the Chaldeans. The first houses that will be burned by the Chaldeans are the ones where the roofs are used to worship other gods. Almost the entire society, from kings and priests to the common people, have caused God to anger because of their worship of other gods. One of the abomination that God listed was their fire sacrifice of their own children.

Finally God again give the promise that after all the calamity, He will restore His people to His land. He will bless them and do good to them. When the land is restored, people will be able to have right to own their land again and make use of the land deeds.


Jeremiah 32
Jeremiah Buys a Field

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 4 and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face,[a] and see him eye to eye; 5 then he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him,” says the Lord; “though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed”’?”

6 And Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 7 ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’ 8 Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. 9 So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and weighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales. 11 So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open; 12 and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.

13 “Then I charged Baruch before them, saying, 14 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.” 15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.”’


Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

16 “Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: 17 ‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You. 18 You show lovingkindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them—the Great, the Mighty God, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 19 You are great in counsel and mighty in work, for Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings. 20 You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, to this day, and in Israel and among other men; and You have made Yourself a name, as it is this day. 21 You have brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror; 22 You have given them this land, of which You swore to their fathers to give them—“a land flowing with milk and honey.”[b] 23 And they came in and took possession of it, but they have not obeyed Your voice or walked in Your law. They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them.

24 ‘Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it! 25 And You have said to me, O Lord God, “Buy the field for money, and take witnesses”!—yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’”


God’s Assurance of the People’s Return

26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 27 “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? 28 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 29 And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger; 30 because the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only evil before Me from their youth. For the children of Israel have provoked Me only to anger with the work of their hands,’ says the Lord. 31 ‘For this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My fury from the day that they built it, even to this day; so I will remove it from before My face 32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their princes, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned to Me the back, and not the face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. 34 But they set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to defile it. 35 And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.’

36 “Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence’: 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely. 38 They shall be My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’

42 “For thus says the Lord: ‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them. 43 And fields will be bought in this land of which you say, “It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” 44 Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captives to return,’ says the Lord.”

Song of Moses

Like a big portion of Deuteronomy, the chapter below describes God's faithfulness in choosing and bringing Israel out of Egypt and their subsequent corruption. However this chapter is presented as a song so that Israel can remember. So read below again and be reminded of what God told Israel.

A few interesting points include God referred to Israel as the "Apple of His eye". Although God's faithfulness and warnings below can be applied to us, we need to understand that the passage below specifically describes Israel and cannot be replaced by Christians. Again, the passage can teach us lessons but does not replace Israel with Christians since it is clear from the details below that God refers to Israel.

The passage is also prophetic because the corruption of Israel and its subsequent disintegration is yet to happen when Moses wrote Deuteronomy, inspired by God. God provided for Israel, and we know God is patient. So what did Israel do that provoked God so much? One of the key sins that God finds abominable is from v15 onwards:

15    Then he forsook God who made him,
      And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

16 They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods;
      With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
      To gods they did not know,
      To new gods, new arrivals
      That your fathers did not fear.

We see clearly the purpose of the song as Joshua ends the song by encouraging the Israelites to be careful to observe all the Laws of God. So the Israelites have been given a glimpse of their bleak future which they can avoid by obeying God.

One last comment to refute the Replacement Theory is that in verse 40, God calls on the Gentiles (non-Israelites) to rejoice with the Israelites when God will bring vengeance on the nations that harm Israel. Clearly God knows who He is talking to and that this passage events describe those of the Israelites but God's will is for the Gentiles who believe in Him to have a role in this.


Deuteronomy 32

 1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;
      And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

 2 Let my teaching drop as the rain,
      My speech distill as the dew,
      As raindrops on the tender herb,
      And as showers on the grass.

 3 For I proclaim the name of the LORD:
      Ascribe greatness to our God.

 4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
      For all His ways are justice,
      A God of truth and without injustice;
      Righteous and upright is He.

 5 “They have corrupted themselves;
      They are not His children,
      Because of their blemish:
      A perverse and crooked generation.

 6 Do you thus deal with the LORD,
      O foolish and unwise people?
      Is He not your Father, who bought you?
      Has He not made you and established you?

 7 “ Remember the days of old,
      Consider the years of many generations.
      Ask your father, and he will show you;
      Your elders, and they will tell you:

 8 When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations,
      When He separated the sons of Adam,
      He set the boundaries of the peoples
      According to the number of the children of Israel.

 9 For the LORD’s portion is His people;
      Jacob is the place of His inheritance.

 10 “He found him in a desert land
      And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
      He encircled him, He instructed him,
      He kept him as the apple of His eye.

 11 As an eagle stirs up its nest,
      Hovers over its young,
      Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
      Carrying them on its wings,

 12 So the LORD alone led him,
      And there was no foreign god with him.

 13 “He made him ride in the heights of the earth,
      That he might eat the produce of the fields;
      He made him draw honey from the rock,
      And oil from the flinty rock;

 14 Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock,
      With fat of lambs;
      And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
      With the choicest wheat;
      And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.

 15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
      You grew fat, you grew thick,
      You are obese!
      Then he forsook God who made him,
      And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

 16 They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods;
      With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

 17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
      To gods they did not know,
      To new gods, new arrivals
      That your fathers did not fear.

 18 Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
      And have forgotten the God who fathered you.

 19 “And when the LORD saw it, He spurned them,
      Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

 20 And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them,
      I will see what their end will be,
      For they are a perverse generation,
      Children in whom is no faith.

 21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
      They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols.
      But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
      I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

 22 For a fire is kindled in My anger,
      And shall burn to the lowest hell;
      It shall consume the earth with her increase,


 23 ‘I will heap disasters on them;
      I will spend My arrows on them.

 24 They shall be wasted with hunger,
      Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;
      I will also send against them the teeth of beasts,
      With the poison of serpents of the dust.

 25 The sword shall destroy outside;
      There shall be terror within
      For the young man and virgin,
      The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

 26 I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,
      I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”

 27 Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,
      Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
      Lest they should say, “Our hand is high;
      And it is not the LORD who has done all this.”’

 28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
      Nor is there any understanding in them.

 29 Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this,
      That they would consider their latter end!

 30 How could one chase a thousand,
      And two put ten thousand to flight,
      Unless their Rock had sold them,
      And the LORD had surrendered them?

 31 For their rock is not like our Rock,
      Even our enemies themselves being judges.

 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom
      And of the fields of Gomorrah;
      Their grapes are grapes of gall,
      Their clusters are bitter.

 33 Their wine is the poison of serpents,
      And the cruel venom of cobras.

 34 ‘Is this not laid up in store with Me,
      Sealed up among My treasures?

 35 Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
      Their foot shall slip in due time;
      For the day of their calamity is at hand,
      And the things to come hasten upon them.’

 36 “For the LORD will judge His people
      And have compassion on His servants,
      When He sees that their power is gone,
      And there is no one remaining, bond or free.

 37 He will say: ‘Where are their gods,
      The rock in which they sought refuge?

 38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
      And drank the wine of their drink offering?
      Let them rise and help you,
      And be your refuge.

 39 ‘Now see that I, even I, am He,
      And there is no God besides Me;
      I kill and I make alive;
      I wound and I heal;
      Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.

 40 For I raise My hand to heaven,
      And say, “As I live forever,

 41 If I whet My glittering sword,
      And My hand takes hold on judgment,
      I will render vengeance to My enemies,
      And repay those who hate Me.

 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
      And My sword shall devour flesh,
      With the blood of the slain and the captives,
      From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.”’

 43 “ Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people;[a]
      For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
      And render vengeance to His adversaries;
      He will provide atonement for His land and His people.”
44 So Moses came with Joshua[b] the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 and he said to them: “Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”

Moses to Die on Mount Nebo
  
48 Then the LORD spoke to Moses that very same day, saying: 49 “Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession; 50 and die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people; 51 because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.”