He named that place Massah [Testing] and Meribah [Complaining] because the Israelites complained and because they tested Yahweh, asking, “Is Yahweh with us or not?”

Never test Yahweh your Elohim as you did at Massah.

You also made Yahweh angry at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah.

About the tribe of Levi he said, “Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful people. You tested your people at Massah. You quarreled with them at the oasis of Meribah.

“Do not be stubborn like my people were at Meribah, like the time at Massah in the desert.