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Psalm 78:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.

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when your ancestors tested me and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

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?”

He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

The camp followers with them had a strong craving, and the Israelites also wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.

We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.

“Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.