Ulangan 6:16

Exhortation to Obey the Lord Exclusively

6:16 You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. ¹ 

Ulangan 11:7

11:7 I am speaking to you ²  because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!

Ulangan 11:32

11:32 Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

[6:16]  ¹ sn The place name Massah (מַסָּה, massah) derives from a root (נָסָה, nasah) meaning “to test; to try.” The reference here is to the experience in the Sinai desert when Moses struck the rock to obtain water (Exod 17:1-2). The complaining Israelites had, thus, “tested” the Lord, a wickedness that gave rise to the naming of the place (Exod 17:7; cf. Deut 9:22; 33:8).

[11:7]  ² tn On the addition of these words in the translation see note on “They did not see” in v. 3.