Exodus 17:7

New American Bible - revised edition

The place was named Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled there and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord in our midst or not?” Battle with Amalek.

Cross References

Psalm 106:32

At the waters of Meribah they angered God, and Moses suffered because of them.

Psalm 78:18

They tested God in their hearts, demanding the food they craved.

Psalm 81:7

I heard a tongue I did not know: “I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands moved away from the basket.

Psalm 81:8

In distress you called and I rescued you; I answered you in secret with thunder; At the waters of Meribah I tested you:

Psalm 95:8

Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the desert.

Exodus 17:2

and so they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to a test?”

Exodus 34:9

Then he said, “If I find favor with you, Lord, please, Lord, come along in our company. This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and claim us as your own.” Religious Laws.

Isaiah 12:6

Shout with exultation, City of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!

Micah 3:11

Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

Numbers 14:22

of all the people who have seen my glory and the signs I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who nevertheless have put me to the test ten times already and have not obeyed me,

Numbers 20:13

These are the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord, and through which he displayed his holiness. Edom’s Refusal.

Numbers 20:24

Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land I have given to the Israelites, because you both rebelled against my directions at the waters of Meribah.

Numbers 27:14

For in the rebellion of the community in the wilderness of Zin you both rebelled against my order to acknowledge my holiness before them by means of the water. (These were the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.

Deuteronomy 31:17

At that time my anger will flare up against them; I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become a prey to be devoured, and much evil and distress will befall them. At that time they will indeed say, “Is it not because our God is not in our midst that these evils have befallen us?”

Deuteronomy 33:8

Of Levi he said: Give to Levi your Thummim, your Urim to your faithful one; Him you tested at Massah, contended against him at the waters of Meribah.

Deuteronomy 6:16

You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test, as you did at Massah.

Deuteronomy 9:22

At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah likewise, you enraged the Lord.

Joshua 22:31

Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, said to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites, “Today we know that the Lord is in our midst. Since you have not rebelled against the Lord by this act of treachery, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the Lord.”