¹⁶ Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

¹² And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

⁷ And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

⁷ Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

⁸ Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

⁹ When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.

⁸ Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

⁹ Where your fathers tried `me' by proving `me,' And saw my works forty years.

² Wherefore the people stove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?

⁹ Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.

¹³ These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.

⁴ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

⁵ And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

³ And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

⁴ And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?