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8. μὴ σκληρύνητε. Comp. Act 19:9. Usually God is said to harden man’s heart (Exo 7:3, &c.; Isa 63:17; Rom 9:18), an anthropomorphic way of expressing the inevitable results of neglect and of evil habit. But that this is man’s own doing and choice is always recognised (Deu 10:16; 2Ki 17:14, &c.).
ὡς ἐν τῷ παραπικρασμῷ. Lit., “in the embitterment.” Heb. כִּמְרִיבָה. The LXX. here seem to have read Marah (which means “bitter” and which they render by Πικρία in Exo 15:23) for Meribah which, in Exo 17:1-7, they render by Λοιδόρησις “reproach.” This is not however certain, for though the substantive does not occur again, the verb παραπικράζω is frequently used of provoking God to anger. For the story of Meribah, see Num 20:7-13.
τοῦ πειρασμοῦ, “of the temptation,” i.e. at Massah; Exo 17:7; Deu 6:16, though the allusion might also be to Numbers 14.