Deuteronomy 6:16
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16 (A)“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, (B)as you tested him at Massah.
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Exodus 17:7
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7 And he called the name of the place (A)Massah[a] and (B)Meribah,[b] because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
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- Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing
- Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling
Luke 4:12
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12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, (A)‘You shall not (B)put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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Matthew 4:7
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7 Jesus said to him, “Again (A)it is written, (B)‘You shall not (C)put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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Hebrews 3:8-9
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8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
9 where your fathers put me to the test
and saw my works for (A)forty years.
1 Corinthians 10:9
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9 We must not put Christ[a] to the test, (A)as some of them did and (B)were destroyed by serpents,
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- 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts the Lord
Exodus 17:2
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2 (A)Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you (B)test the Lord?”
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Numbers 21:4-5
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The Bronze Serpent
4 From Mount Hor (A)they set out by the way to the Red Sea, (B)to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. 5 And the people (C)spoke against God and against Moses, (D)“Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and (E)we loathe this worthless food.”
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Numbers 20:3-4
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3 And the people (A)quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished (B)when our brothers perished before the Lord! 4 Why have you brought the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle?
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Numbers 20:13
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13 (A)These are the waters of Meribah,[a] where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy.
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- Numbers 20:13 Meribah means quarreling
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