Deuteronomy 6:16

Ye shall not challenge LORD your God, as ye challenged him in Massah.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15for LORD thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the anger of LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the sons of Israel, and because they challenged LORD, saying, Is LORD among us, or not?

Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel strove with LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, as the day of trial in the wilderness,

Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, Again it is written, Thou shall not challenge Lord thy God.

1 Corinthians 10:9Nor should we challenge the Christ as some of them also challenged, and were destroyed by the serpents.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:5-17

Cautions and Precepts. ( b. c. 1451.) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine… Read the whole commentary →

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