We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.
They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
Yet they tested the Most High God and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees
“Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness and put God to the test in the desert;
when your ancestors tested me and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.