Deuteronomy 6:16
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Do not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah.
Read Deuteronomy 6:16 Using Other Translations
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
"You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
You must not test the LORD your God as you did when you complained at Massah.
What does Deuteronomy 6:16 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God
By striving with him or against him, by murmuring at or
complaining of his providential dealings with them, or by
requiring a sign of him, or miracles to be done by him; this is
another passage used by Christ to repel the temptations of Satan,
( Matthew
4:7 ) ,
as tempted him in Massah;
a place so called from the Israelites tempting the Lord there, (
Exodus 17:7 )
, the Targum of Jonathan adds, with ten temptations; see (
Numbers
14:21 ) .
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