3:15 / This verse presents the first of four occasions where in the ongoing exposition of the original quotation a portion of it is formally cited again (cf. 4:3, 5, 7). Here the opening two lines (Ps. 95:7–8) are repeated (cf. v. 7–8a). 3:16–17 / Those who heard and rebelled (both words drawn from the preceding quotation) were the very Israelites who had experienced the exodus. The words angry for forty years (cf. vv. 9f.) are also drawn from the original quotation (see Additional Notes). These