Deuteronomy 6:16

Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

17You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Numbers 20:13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

Psalms 95:8do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Matthew 4:7Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

1 Corinthians 10:9We should not test Christ, as some of them also did, and were killed by snakes.

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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