Matthew Poole and continuators on Hebrews 3:9

9 When your Fathers tempted me , proved me , and saw my works forty years .

In the time and place formentioned, the Fathers from whom you derive your Being and Corruption, yet glory in them and their Traditions, whose state is aggravated from your Line of successive Rebellion, Acts 7.51, 52, 53. They have embittered my Spirit by their unbelief: For upon the want of Water, they questioned his Power, Wisdom, Truth and Providence to the denial of all, and sometimes multiplied it, Numb. 16, &c.

A discontented quarrel with, and scrutiny of Christ the Redeemer, that if he would not serve their Lust, they would deny him, and apostatize from him, and return to Egypt, notwithstanding their having sufficient proof of him, yet they would contend with him, 1 Cor. 10.9.

All the Redeemers Miracles, which he wrought for them in Egypt, and the Wilderness, they saw them plainly and presently on their tempting him; Miracles of Mercy and of Punishments, by Fire, by the Earth opening, by Fiery Serpents, by the Sword, by consuming 600000 of them; all which were Evidences sufficient to convince any of the Wickedness of mistrusting him. Deut. 29.2, 3, 4. This hardning of their Hearts yet continued Forty Years, till all but two of them, Ioshua and Cale[illegible: 1 letter], were consumed: God by their Sin was so grieved with them after such experience of his Power for so long a time. See Exod. 32.10. Numb. 14.22.