Exodus 17:7

New King James Version

So he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Cross References

Psalm 81:7

You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Psalm 95:8

“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

Numbers 20:13

This was the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them.

Deuteronomy 9:22

“Also at Taberah and Massah and Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.

Exodus 17:2

Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt the Lord?”

Numbers 20:24

“Aaron shall be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Micah 3:11

Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No harm can come upon us.”

Isaiah 12:6

Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

Joshua 22:31

Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh, “This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because you have not committed this treachery against the Lord. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 31:17

Then My anger shall be aroused against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?’

Exodus 34:9

Then he said, “If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we are a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

Numbers 14:22

because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,

Numbers 27:14

For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

Deuteronomy 6:16

“You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said: “Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one, Whom You tested at Massah, And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

Psalm 78:18

And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy.

Psalm 81:8

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!

Psalm 106:32

They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;