Massah
aka Massah
Trial, temptation, a name given to the place where the Israelites, by their murmuring for want of water, provoked Jehovah to anger against them. It is also called Meribah (Ex. 17:7; Deut. 6:16; Ps. 95:8, 9; Heb. 3:8).
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Relationships
Events here Wilderness Wanderings
Key verses
Deuteronomy 6:16
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
Exodus 17:7
He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
Deuteronomy 33:8
About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
Deuteronomy 9:22
At Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah, you provoked Yahweh to wrath.