Exodus 17:7 - Scripture Study Tools and Resources

Exodus 17:7

7 And he called the name of the place ^aMassah, and ^bMeribah, because of the ^cchiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

Footnotes ?

a IE Testing, Trying, or Proving

b IE Strife, Complaint

b Num. 20:13

13 This is the water of ^aMeribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

b Ps. 81:7

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of ^dMeribah. Selah.

c OR complaints, contention

c Deut. 9:22

22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye ^aprovoked the Lord to wrath.

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