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They called this place Massah[a] and Meribah, because the children of Israel had protested and had put the Lord to the test, saying, “Is the Lord in our midst or not?”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means “test,” and Meribah “quarrel.”

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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