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Deuteronomy 6:16

Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God,.... By striving with him or against him, by murmuring at or complaining of his providential dealings with them, or by requiring a sign of him, or miracles to be…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 6:10-25

The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 6:4-16

Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deu 6:4, Deu 6:5. These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 6:16-17

Another interruption by the Pl. Because of this; because the reference to Massah is hardly relevant to the context, and because the perfect, he hath commanded, is not yet true of the separate laws;…