Psalm 78:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They stubbornly tested God and demanded from him what they wanted to eat.

Cross References

Psalm 95:9

For forty years they tested God and saw the things he did.

Exodus 17:2

The people started complaining to Moses, “Give us some water!” Moses replied, “Why are you complaining to me and trying to put the LORD to the test?”

Exodus 17:7

The people had complained and tested the LORD by asking, “Is the LORD really with us?” So Moses named that place Massah, which means “testing” and Meribah, which means “complaining”.

Numbers 11:4

One day some worthless foreigners among the Israelites became greedy for food, and even the Israelites themselves began moaning, “We don't have any meat!

1 Corinthians 10:6

What happened to them is a warning to keep us from wanting to do the same evil things.

1 Corinthians 10:9

And don't try to test Christ, as some of them did and were later bitten by poisonous snakes.

Deuteronomy 6:16

so don't try to make him prove that he can help you, as you did at Massah.