Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of that place Temptation, because the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Amalec came, and fought against Israel in Raphidim.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9Said: If I have found grace in thy sight: O Lord, I beseech thee, that thou wilt go with us, (for it is a stiffnecked people,) and take away our iniquities and sin, and possess us.
Numbers 20:24Let Aaron, saith he, go to his people: for he shall not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because he was incredulous to my words, at the waters of contradiction.
Deuteronomy 9:22At the burning also, and at the place of temptation, and at the graves of lust you provoked the Lord:
Deuteronomy 33:8To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction :
Psalms 78:18And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.
Psalms 81:8Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 17:2-8
The Israelites Murmur for Water. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord , and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured… Read the whole commentary →