16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test(A) as you did at Massah.

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16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

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And he called the place Massah[a](A) and Meribah[b](B) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

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12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[a](A)

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  1. Luke 4:12 Deut. 6:16

12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 4:7 Deut. 6:16

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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“Do not harden your hearts(A) as you did at Meribah,[a](B)
    as you did that day at Massah[b] in the wilderness,(C)
where your ancestors tested(D) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

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  1. Psalm 95:8 Meribah means quarreling.
  2. Psalm 95:8 Massah means testing.

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

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    do not harden your hearts(A)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,
where your ancestors tested and tried me,
    though for forty years they saw what I did.(B)

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Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

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

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We should not test Christ,[a](A) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water(A) to drink.”(B)

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”(C)

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Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

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The Bronze Snake

They traveled from Mount Hor(A) along the route to the Red Sea,[a](B) to go around Edom.(C) But the people grew impatient on the way;(D) they spoke against God(E) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt(F) to die in the wilderness?(G) There is no bread! There is no water!(H) And we detest this miserable food!”(I)

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  1. Numbers 21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

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They quarreled(A) with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead(B) before the Lord!(C) Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness,(D) that we and our livestock should die here?(E)

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And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

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13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a](A) where the Israelites quarreled(B) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.(C)

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  1. Numbers 20:13 Meribah means quarreling.

13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

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