Deuteronomy 6:16

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.

Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah, in the wilderness;

Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.

1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by 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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