Deuteronomy 6:16

Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as ye tempted him in the temptation.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15for the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the Lord thy God be very angry with thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

17Thou shalt by all means keep the commands of the Lord thy God, the testimonies, and the ordinances, which he commanded thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7And he called the name of that place, Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not?

Numbers 20:13This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

Psalms 95:8Bring to the Lord the glory becoming his name: 1 Take offerings, and go into his courts. 1

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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