Exodus 17:7
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
Note Massah means testing.
Note Meribah means quarreling.
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
Note Massah: that is, Temptation
Note Meribah: that is, Chiding, or, Strife
He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”
Note Massah means testing.
Note Meribah means quarreling.
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?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Massah
- i.e., Temptation.
- Numbers 20:13; Deuteronomy 9:22
- Meribah
- that is, Chiding or Strife.
- Exodus 17:2; Psalm 81:7
- chiding
- Exodus 17:2
- tempted
- Psalm 95:8; Hebrews 3:8, 9
- Is the Lord
- Exodus 34:9; Deuteronomy 31:17; Joshua 22:31; Isaiah 12:6; Micah 3:11; John 1:14; Acts 7:37–39