¹⁶ You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

¹² Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

⁷ He called the name of the place Massah,{Massah means testing.} and Meribah,{Meribah means quarreling.} because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"

⁷ Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"

⁸ Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

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

⁸ Don't harden your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

⁹ Where your fathers tested me by proving me, And saw my works for forty years.

² Therefore 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 Yahweh?"

⁹ Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

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

⁴ They traveled 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 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

³ The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

⁴ Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?