Deuteronomy 6:16

You do not try your God YHWH as you tried [Him] in Massah.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15for your God YHWH [is] a zealous God in your midst—lest the anger of your God YHWH burns against you, and He has destroyed you from off the face of the ground.

17You diligently keep the commands of your God YHWH, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you,

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7and he calls the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the strife of the sons of Israel, and because of their trying YHWH, saying, “Is YHWH in our midst or not?”

Numbers 20:13These [are] the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have “striven” with YHWH, and He is sanctified among them.

Psalms 95:8Do not harden your heart as [in] Meribah, || As [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him again, “It has been written: You will not tempt the LORD your God.”

1 Corinthians 10:9neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them tempted, and perished 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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