Exodus 17:7
And he called the shem of the place Massah (Testing), and Merivah (Dissatisfaction), because of the riv (chiding, quarreling) of the Bnei Yisroel, and because they put Hashem to the test, saying, Is Hashem among us, or not?
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8Then came Amalek, and did battle against Yisroel in Rephidim.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, Adonoi, let Adonoi, now, go among us; although it is an Am Kesheh Oref; and forgive avoneinu and chattateinu, and take us for Thine nachalah.
Numbers 20:24Aharon shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into HaAretz which I have given unto the Bnei Yisroel, because ye rebelled against My word at the Waters of Merivah.
Deuteronomy 9:22And at Taverah, and at Massah, and at Kivrot-Hata'avah, ye provoked Hashem to wrath.
Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, 1 Let Thy Tummim and Thy Urim be with Thy chasid, 1 whom Thou didst prove at Massah, 1 and with whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Merivah; 1
Psalms 78:18And they tested G-d by their lev 1 by demanding ochel for their lust. 1
Psalms 81:8In tzoros thou calledst, and I delivered thee; 1 I answered thee in the seter ra'am (secret place of thunder); 1 I tested thee at the waters of Merivah. Selah 1
Matthew Henry on Exodus 17:2-8
The Israelites Murmur for Water. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord , and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured… Read the whole commentary →