Breaking Faith With God:

In the last two questions of this lesson, we will look at one example of breaking faith with God.  Although there are many examples of this in scripture and it is sad and unpleasant to look at the mistakes that people made in their faith with God...we look at the examples to help us avoid making the same mistakes.

If you look at most of the standard translations of the Bible, the first time that the word "faith" is used in reference to God is in Deuteronomy chapter 32.  Here God speaks of the children of Israel at that time as being a "perverse generation" with "no faith" or "no faithfulness" (vs. 20). 

God then speaks to Moses and reminds him of when he "broke faith" with God:

And the LORD spoke to Moses that very same day, saying, ⁴⁹ "Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession. ⁵⁰ "Then die on the mountain where you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, ⁵¹ because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁵² "For you shall see the land at a distance, but you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving the sons of Israel." Deuteronomy 32:48-52 (NAS)

Question:

According to Deuteronomy 32:51, where did Moses break faith with God?

1. In Egypt.

2. When they were crossing the Red Sea.

3. In the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.