KJV King James Version
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
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Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
WEB World English Bible
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
ASV American Standard Version
Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 6
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you;
15 (For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
18 And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
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Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?Luke 4:12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.Matthew 4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.Psalm 95:8-9Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:Hebrews 3:8-9Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.Exodus 17:2Wherefore 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?Numbers 21:4-5And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.Numbers 20:13This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.Numbers 20:3-4And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
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