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Massah

מַסָּה · mas.sah · H4532“temptation” Hitchcock's 18695 mentions in 3 books, most in Deuteronomy (3)

Where it is

Mount HorebMount HorebPelusiumPelusiumAlushAlushEl-paranEl-paranHazerothHazerothDizahabDizahabMassahabout 182 km across

28.73° N, 33.84° E · Located through Rephidim

Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles

Mentioned most in

Deuteronomy · 3Exodus · 1Psalms · 1
Counted from 5 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Massah was a location in the wilderness where the Israelites quarreled with Moses and tested the Lord by demanding water (Exodus 17:7). The name Massah means "testing" or "temptation." At this place, the people grumbled against Moses, questioning whether the Lord was among them or not. Moses, following God's instructions, struck the rock at Horeb, and water came out for the people to drink (Exodus 17:5-6). The incident at Massah is later recalled as an example of Israel's rebellion and lack of faith (Deu.6.16; 9:22; 33:8; Psalm 95:8), serving as a warning for future generations not to test the Lord.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

5 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Exodus 1 mention

Exodus 17:7He 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 3 mentions

Deuteronomy 6:16You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.Deuteronomy 9:22At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to wrath.Deuteronomy 33:8About 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.

Psalms 1 mention

Psalms 95:8Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

What the dictionary says

Trial, temptation, a name given to the place where the Israelites, by their murmuring for want of water, provoked Jehovah to anger against them.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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