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18 They tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.(A)

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18 They willfully put God to the test(A)
    by demanding the food they craved.(B)

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16 “Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.(A)

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

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The camp followers with them had a strong craving, and the Israelites also wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!(A)

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Quail From the Lord

The rabble with them began to crave other food,(A) and again the Israelites started wailing(B) and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

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We must not put Christ[a] to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.(A)

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  1. 10.9 Other ancient authorities read the Lord

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

14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness
    and put God to the test in the desert;(A)
15 he gave them what they asked
    but sent a wasting disease among them.(B)

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14 In the desert(A) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness(B) they put God to the test.(C)
15 So he gave them(D) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease(E) among them.

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You want something and do not have it, so you commit murder. And you covet[a] something and cannot obtain it, so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.(A)

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  1. 4.2 Or you murder and you covet

You desire but do not have, so you kill.(A) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive,(B) because you ask with wrong motives,(C) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

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Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.(A)

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Now these things occurred as examples(A) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.

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when your ancestors tested me
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.(A)

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where your ancestors tested(A) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

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The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.(A) The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”(B)

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In the desert the whole community grumbled(A) against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!(B) There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food(C) we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”(D)

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