Exodus 17:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

The people

Give us

Genesis 30:1

1 Samuel 8:6

Luke 15:12

Wherefore

General references

1 Samuel 8:8

Bible References

The people

And they said to them, "May Yahweh look upon you and judge because you have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants [so as] to put a sword into their hand to kill us."

And they said to Moses, "Because there are no graves in Egypt? Is that why you have taken us to die in the desert? What [is] this you have done to us by bringing us out from Egypt!

And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

And all the community of the {Israelites} grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the desert.

The riff-raff that [were] in their midst {had a strong desire}; and the {Israelites} turned back and also wept, and they said, "Who will feed us meat?

And all the {Israelites} grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and all the community said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt or in this desert!

And the people quarreled with Moses and spoke, saying, "If only we died when our brothers were dying {before} Yahweh!

The people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us from Egypt to die in the desert? There is no food and no water, and our hearts detest [this] miserable food."

Give us

When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, "Give me children--if not, I will die!"

But the matter {was displeasing to Samuel} when they said, "Give us a king to judge us," so Samuel prayed to Yahweh.

And the younger of them said to [his] father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that is coming to [me].' So he divided [his] assets between them.

Wherefore

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the {Israelites} and because of their testing Yahweh [by] saying, "Is Yahweh in our midst or not?"

And all the community of the {Israelites} grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the desert.

But because all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert yet tested me these ten times and did not listen to my voice,

You shall not put Yahweh your God to [the] test, as you tested [him] at Massah.

And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.

when your ancestors tried me. They put me to the test, [even] though they had seen my work.

And they {craved intensely} in the wilderness, and tested God in [the] desert.

But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put Yahweh to the test."

And now we [are] calling [the] arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!'"

Jesus said to him, "On the other hand it is written, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

And [when] the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test [him], they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is said, 'You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.'"

So Peter [said] to her, "How [is it] that it was agreed by you [two] to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband [are] at the door, and they will carry you out!"

So now why are you putting God to the test [by] placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

nor put Christ to the test, as some of them tested [him], and were destroyed by snakes,

where your fathers tested [me] by trial and saw my works

General references

Like all the deeds they have done from the day I brought them up from Egypt until this day, they have forsaken me and have served other gods--so they [are] doing to you also.