Deuteronomy 6:16

Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15for a jealous God, even the LORD thy God, is in the midst of thee; lest the anger of the 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 the LORD your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7And the name of the place was called Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tried the LORD, saying: 'Is the LORD among us, or not?'

Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was sanctified in them.

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

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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