Our ancestors became hungry in the desert.\par And they tested God in the wilderness.\par
1 Corinthians 10:9 - Easy To Read Version We should not test the Lord like some of those people did. They were killed by snakes \{because they tested the Lord\}. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We should not tempt the Lord [try His patience, become a trial to Him, critically appraise Him, and exploit His goodness] as some of them did–and were killed by poisonous serpents; [Num. 21:5, 6.] American Standard Version (1901) Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents. Common English Bible Let’s not test Christ, like some of them did, and were killed by the snakes. Catholic Public Domain Version And let us not tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and so they perished by serpents. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither let us tempt Christ: as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents. |
Our ancestors became hungry in the desert.\par And they tested God in the wilderness.\par
Then those people decided to test God.\par They asked God for food, just to satisfy their appetites.\par
But they tested God Most-High\par and made him very sad.\par Those people didn‘t obey God’s commands.\par
Your ancestors {\cf2\super [528]} tested me.\par They tested me,\par but then they saw what I could do!\par
So the people turned against Moses and started arguing with him. The people said, “Give us water to drink.”
Moses named that place Meribah [116] and Massah, [117] because this was the place that the people of Israel turned against him and tested the Lord. The people wanted to know if the Lord was with them or not.