Deuteronomy 6:16

You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

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

In Context

15for the LORD your God among you is a jealous God, lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

17You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?”

Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

Psalms 95:8Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

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

1 Corinthians 10:9Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, 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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