16Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And 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?
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: …
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-16)Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deut. 6:4 , 5 . These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they write it in their phylacteries, and think themselves not only obliged to say it at least twice every day, but very happy in being so obliged, having this saying among them, Blessed are we, who every morning…
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