Psalms 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart, by asking food for their desire.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
In Context
17But they repeated to sin yet more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
19Yea, they spoke against God: they said, Will God be able to set in order a table in the wilderness?
Cross References
Exodus 17:2And the people quarrelled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink; and Moses said unto them, Why will ye quarrel with me? why will ye tempt the Lord?
Numbers 11:4And the mixed multitude that was among them felt a lustful longing: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
Psalms 95:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, although they had seen my doing.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →