Deuteronomy 6:16
“¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as yee tempted him in Massah.”
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Deuteronomy 6:16 Context
14Yee shall not goe after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you: 15(For the Lord thy God is a ielous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God bee kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as yee tempted him in Massah. 17You shall diligently keepe the Commandements of the Lord your God, and his Testimonies, and his Statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest goe in, and possesse the good land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers:
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Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
- King James Version
"You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested {Him} at Massah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)