Psalm 78:18

New English Translation

They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

Cross References

Psalm 95:9

where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

Exodus 17:2

So the people contended with Moses, and they said, “Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

Exodus 17:7

He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Numbers 11:4

Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

1 Corinthians 10:6

These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

1 Corinthians 10:9

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

Deuteronomy 6:16

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