Psalm 81:7
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7 In distress you (A)called, and I delivered you;
I (B)answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I (C)tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Exodus 19:19
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19 And as the (A)sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and (B)God answered him in thunder.
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Psalm 50:15
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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
Exodus 14:10
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10 When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel (A)cried out to the Lord.
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Exodus 2:23
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God Hears Israel's Groaning
23 (A)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel (B)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. (C)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
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Exodus 14:24
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24 And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
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Psalm 91:14-15
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14 “Because he (A)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he (B)knows my name.
15 When he (C)calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and (D)honor him.
Deuteronomy 33:8
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8 And (A)of Levi he said,
“Give to Levi[a] (B)your Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
(C)whom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
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- Deuteronomy 33:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks Give to Levi
Numbers 20:24
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24 (A)“Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, because (B)you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.
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Exodus 20:18-21
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18 Now when all the people saw (A)the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid[a] and trembled, and they stood far off 19 and said to Moses, (B)“You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20 (C)Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to (D)test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the (E)thick darkness where God was.
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- Exodus 20:18 Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text the people saw
Exodus 17:2-7
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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?” 3 But the people thirsted there for water, and (C)the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” 4 So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready (D)to stone me.” 5 And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with (E)which you struck the Nile, and go. 6 (F)Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place (G)Massah[a] and (H)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
Exodus 14:30-31
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30 Thus the Lord (A)saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 31 (B)Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they (C)believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
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