Exodus 17:7

God's Word

He named that place Massah [Testing] and Meribah [Complaining] because the Israelites complained and because they tested the Lord, asking, “Is the Lord with us or not?”

Cross References

Psalm 106:32

They made God angry by the water at Meribah. Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did,

Psalm 78:18

They deliberately tested God by demanding the food they craved.

Psalm 81:7

When you were in trouble, you called out ⌞to me⌟, and I rescued you. I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you. I tested your ⌞loyalty⌟ at the oasis of Meribah. Selah

Psalm 81:8

Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!

Psalm 95:8

“Do not be stubborn like ⌞my people were⌟ at Meribah, like the time at Massah in the desert.

Exodus 17:2

So they complained to Moses by saying, “Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them, “Why are you complaining to me? Why are you testing the Lord?”

Exodus 34:9

Then he said, “Lord, please go with us! Even though we are impossible to deal with, forgive our sin and the wrong we have done, and accept us as your own people.”

Isaiah 12:6

Shout loudly, and sing with joy, people of Zion! The Holy One of Israel is great. He is among you.”

Micah 3:11

Your leaders exchange justice for bribes. Your priests teach for a price. Your prophets tell the future for money. But they rely on the Lord when they say, “After all, the Lord is with us. Nothing bad will happen to us.”

Numbers 14:22

none of the people who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I did in Egypt and in the desert will see the land which I promised their ancestors. They have tested me now ten times and refused to obey me.

Numbers 20:13

This was the oasis of Meribah [Complaining], where the Israelites complained about the Lord and where he showed them he was holy.

Numbers 20:24

“Aaron must now join his ancestors ⌞in death⌟, since he cannot enter the land I’m giving the Israelites. This is because you both rebelled against my command at the oasis of Meribah.

Numbers 27:14

You both rebelled against my command in the Desert of Zin. You didn’t show the people how holy I am when they were complaining at the oasis.” (This was the oasis of Meribah at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin.)

John 1:14

The Word became human and lived among us. We saw his glory. It was the glory that the Father shares with his only Son, a glory full of kindness  and truth.

Deuteronomy 31:17

On that day I will become angry with them. I will abandon them and turn away from them. They will be destroyed, and many terrible disasters will happen to them. On that day they will ask, ‘Haven’t these disasters happened to us because our God isn’t with us?’

Deuteronomy 33:8

About the tribe of Levi he said, “Your Thummim and Urim  belong to your faithful people. You tested your people at Massah. You quarreled with them at the oasis of Meribah.

Deuteronomy 6:16

Never test the Lord your God as you did at Massah.

Deuteronomy 9:22

You also made the Lord angry at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah.

Joshua 22:31

Then Phinehas, son of the priest Eleazar, said to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know the Lord is among us, because you did not commit an unfaithful act against the Lord. Now you have rescued the people of Israel from the Lord’s punishment.”