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Deuteronomy 6:16

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Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

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Deuteronomy 6:16 in other translations

You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

Deuteronomy 6:16 · World English Bible

Deuteronomy 6:16 in context

  1. 14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;
  2. 15for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
  3. 16Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
  4. 17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
  5. 18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,