And let’s not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were destroyed by serpents.
They put God to the test in their heart by demanding food for their craving.
The name of the place was called Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of Bnei-Yisrael, and because they tested Adonai saying, “Is Adonai among us, or not?”
So the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Adonai?”
Yet they tested and rebelled against El Elyon, and did not keep His decrees.
“You are not to test Adonai your God, as you tested Him at Massah.
In the wilderness they craved ravenously, in the desert they tested God.
when your fathers tested Me, they challenged Me, even though they had seen My work.