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Deuteronomy 6:16

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

KJV

Non tentabis Dominum Deum tuum, sicut tentasti in loco tentationis.

Vulgate

Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου, ὃν τρόπον ἐξεπειράσατε ἐν τῷ Πειρασμῷ.

LXX

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

ASV

לֹ֣א תְנַסּ֔וּ אֶת יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵי/כֶ֑ם כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִסִּיתֶ֖ם בַּ/מַּסָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַסָּ֔ה
msh
proper_noun · 4×
נַסּ֥וֹת
nsvt
verb · 36×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.

  • Matt 4:7 · exact_quote
    "Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
    Jesus quotes Deuteronomy: you shall not tempt the Lord
  • Luke 4:12 · adapted
    "And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
    Deuteronomy: do not put the Lord to the test — Jesus' temptation in Luke

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2119Tempting God consists in putting his goodness and almighty power to the test by word or deed. Thus Satan tried to induce Jesus to throw himself down from the Temple and, by this gesture, force God to act.49 Jesus opposed Satan with the word of God: "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test." 50 The challenge contained in such tempting of God wounds the respect and trust …
Christ is the head of all things already mentioned. It was fitting that He should be sent by the Father, the Creator of all things, to assume human nature, and should be tempted by Satan, that He might fulfil the promises, and carry off a glorious and perfect victory. 1. He has therefore, in His work of recapitulation, summed up all things, both waging war against our enemy, an…
The true Lord and the one God is declared by the law, and manifested by Christ His Son in the Gospel; whom alone we should adore, and from Him we must look for all good things, not from Satan. 1. Thus then does the Lord plainly show that it was the true Lord and the one God who had been set forth by the law; for Him whom the law proclaimed as God, the same did Christ point out …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
  • 1Cor 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
  • Exod 17:2 — 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?
  • Exod 17:2 — 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?
  • Exod 17:7 — And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
  • Heb 3:8 — Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
  • Heb 3:8 — Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
  • Luke 4:12 — And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
  • Luke 4:12 — And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
  • Mark 8:11 — And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
  • Matt 4:7 — Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
  • Matt 4:7 — Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
  • Num 20:3 — And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
  • Num 20:13 — This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
  • Num 21:4 — And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
  • Ps 78:18 — And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
  • Ps 78:41 — Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
  • Ps 95:8 — Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
  • Ps 95:8 — Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: