First provocation?

In Alma 12:36, we read, “36 And now, my brethren, behold I say unto you, that if ye will harden your hearts ye shall not enter into the rest of the Lord; therefore your iniquity provoketh him that he sendeth down his wrath upon you as in the first provocation, yea, according to his word in the last provocation as well as the first, to the everlasting destruction of your souls; therefore, according to his word, unto the last death, as well as the first.”

Children of Israel in the wilderness is compared to Adam & Eve partaking of the forbidden fruit--both are banished from the promised land and can enter into God's rest only upon their repentance and repenting of their sins through the Atonement of Christ, the Lord.

Adam&Eve did not sin, but only transgressed the law (for they could not truly know that what they were doing was wrong—not knowing good and evil...) and the Israelites also.  Both were cast out from God's presence and wandered in the World, repenting so that they could enter into The Promised Land!

JPS