Exodus 17:2
2 aTherefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you btest the Lord?”Exodus 17:7
7And he called the name of the place cMassah ▼▼ Massah means testing
and eMeribah, ▼▼ Meribah means quarreling
because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?” Numbers 14:11
11And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people gdespise me? And how long will they not hbelieve in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?Numbers 14:22
22 inone of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these jten times and have not obeyed my voice,Numbers 14:27
27“How long shall kthis wicked congregation grumble against me? lI have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.Numbers 20:13
13 mThese are the waters of Meribah, ▼▼ Meribah means quarreling
where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy. Deuteronomy 1:34-35
The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion
34“And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore, 35 o‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers,Deuteronomy 6:16
16 p“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, qas you tested him at Massah.
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