Deuteronomy 6:16

You will not test Yahweh your God as you tested him at Massah.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

15for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God—if you do, the anger of Yahweh your God will be kindled against you and he will destroy you from the surface of the earth.

17You will diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, his solemn commands, and his statutes, that he has commanded you.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7He called that place Massah and Meribah because of the Israelites' complaining, and because they had tested the Lord by saying, “Is Yahweh among us or not?”

Numbers 20:13This place was called the waters of Meribah because the people of Israel had quarreled with Yahweh there, and he showed himself to them as holy.

Psalms 95:8“Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, 1 or as on the day of Massah in the wilderness, 1

Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, 'You must not test the Lord your God.'”

1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us put Christ to the test, as many of them did and were destroyed 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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