Deuteronomy 6:16
Hebrew Text— Deuteronomy 6:16You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
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Jesus answering, said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”
Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’ ”
Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to wrath.
They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?
because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years.
These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn’t uphold my holiness among the children of Israel.
Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn’t they let the people go, and they departed?
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”
Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt Yahweh.”
The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,