OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 17:7

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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?”

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Verse 7. Temptation. Massa and Meriba “quarrel,” as the Hebrew reads.

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Massah means testing.

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Meribah means quarreling.

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