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Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the Lord, your God, put either His mercy or His righteousness to a test, as ye tempted Him in Massah, Exodus 17:2, in the matter of demanding water to drink in the wilderness.
Ye shall not tempt the Lord, your God, put either His mercy or His righteousness to a test, as ye tempted Him in Massah, Exodus 17:2, in the matter of demanding water to drink in the wilderness.
Verse Deuteronomy 6:16. _YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD_] Ye shall not provoke him by entertaining doubts of his mercy, goodness, providence, and truth. _AS YE TEMPTED_ HIM _IN MASSAH._] How did they t...
The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly ci...
2. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT AND WHAT IT INVOLVES CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Hear, therefore, O Israel! (Deuteronomy 6:1)_ 2. The first commandment (Deuteronomy 6:4) 3. The remembrance of these words and practica...
DEUTERONOMY 6:16. See Exodus 17:7 *, _cf._ Matthew 4:7. TEMPT: better test; _cf._ the cognate noun (temptation = testing) in Deut
YE, &C. Quoted by the Lord to Satan, and changed to sing, by adaptation. See Matthew 4:7. TEMPT. try: by questioning Jehovah's presence. This was the point in Matthew 4:7. AS. according as....
_Ye shall not tempt_, etc.] Rather, TRY, or _put to the proof_. On Massah cp. Deuteronomy 9:22; Deuteronomy 33:8, and see on Exodus 17:2;...
Another interruption by the Pl. Because of this; because the reference to Massah is hardly relevant to the context, and because the perfect, _he hath commanded_, is not yet true of the separate laws;...
_VER._ 16-19. _YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD,_ &C.— He had warned them, ver. 12 against the sin of ingratitude, and forgetfulness of God, to which they might be tempted by prosperity: here he cautions t...
5. GOD NOT TO BE TEMPTED (Deuteronomy 6:16-19) 16 Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonie...
_YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD, AS YE TEMPTED HIM IN MASSAH._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
6:16 Massah. (c-13) Temptation....
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS To the repetition of the Decalogue Moses adds in the following Chapter s a practical exhortation to obedience founded on the special relation of Jehovah to Israel as their Rede...
They tempted God at Massah by insisting that He should prove His presence among them in the way that they prescribed: see Exodus 17:7. But man must beware of dictating to God, in unbelief and presumpt...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 V1 ‘These are all the *commandments, rules and laws that the *LORD your God ordered me to tea...
YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD. — In the LXX., “Thou shalt not tempt,” and so where our Lord used it against the tempter (Matthew 4 and Luke 4). AS YE TEMPTED HIM IN MASSAH. — How did they tempt...
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EDUCATION-MOSAIC VIEW Deuteronomy 6:6 THOSE great verses, Deuteronomy 6:4, form the central truth of the book. Everything else in it proceeds from and is informed by them, and they are dwelt upon and...
HOW TO TREAT GOD'S WORDS Deuteronomy 6:1 Obedience is still the one condition of true prosperity and success. Lands still flow with milk and honey; and they live long who live well. Lives are measur...
The appeal of Moses was now elaborated in a great statement on the deepest value of the commandment and the corresponding responsibilities of the people Observe the peculiar form of the opening statem...
Ye shall not (g) tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah. (g) By doubting his power, refusing lawful means, and abusing his graces....
_Temptation. Hebrew, "in Massa, " where Moses gave the people water from Horeb, Exodus xvii. 7._...
These are so many, beautiful repetitions of the same important precepts; and all leading to the same point, to intimate the jealousy of the LORD over his people. Reader! only pause and consider what e...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
16._Ye shall not tempt the Lord. _Since the doctrine here should undoubtedly be referred to the First Commandment, we gather from it that this is the main foundation of piety, to give to Him what is H...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5, 6, AND 7. In chapter 5 Moses reminds them of the ten commandments given in Horeb; and it is to be remarked, that the deliverance out of Egypt (not the rest...
YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD,.... By striving with him or against him, by murmuring at or complaining of his providential dealings with them, or by requiring a sign of him, or miracles to be d...
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah. Ver. 16. _Ye shall not tempt the Lord._] By prescribing to God, and "limiting the Holy One of Israel," as these men did at Massah....
_Is a jealous God among you_ Hebrew, _In the midst of you;_ to see and observe all your ways, and your turnings aside to other gods. _Ye shall not tempt_ Not provoke him, as the following instance exp...
1 The end of the Law is obedience. 3 An exhortation thereto. 1 NOW these are the Commaundements, the Statutes, & the Iudgements, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might doe the...
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (vs.1-9) The ten commandments have been reaffirmed in chapter 5; now Moses emphasizes and enlarges upon the significance of the four commandments, which we have seen deal wit...
6-16 Here are means for maintaining and keeping up religion in our hearts and houses. 1. Meditation. God's words must be laid up in our hearts, that our thoughts may be daily employed about them. 2....
i.e. Not provoke him, as the following instance explains. Sinners, especially presumptuous sinners, are oft said to TEMPT GOD, i.e. to make a trial of God, whether he be what he pretends to be, so wis...
"Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgements, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: that thou mightest fea...
Deuteronomy 6:16 tempt H5254 (H8762) LORD H3068 God H430 tempted H5254 (H8765) Massah H4532 tempt -...
THEY MUST NOT PUT YAHWEH TO THE TEST FOR HE REQUIRES A LOVING AND RIGHTEOUS RESPONSE (DEUTERONOMY 6:16). Analysis. a They are not to put Yahweh to the test as they did at Massah (Deuteronomy 6:16)....
Deuteronomy 6:1. _Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:_ God'...
Deuteronomy 6:1. Now these are the commandments, the statues, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That tho...
CONTENTS: Israel exhorted to observe all God's commandments. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Pharoah. CONCLUSION: The fear of God in the heart is the most powerful principle of obedie...
Deuteronomy 6:4. יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד, _Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah._ There is uniformly an elision of the letter ם _mem,_ when the plural is associated with the noun; and the י _yod_ is not use...
_Ye shall not tempt the Lord._ CHRIST TEMPTED THROUGH UNBELIEF We know that though God cannot be tempted with evil, He may justly be said to be tempted whenever men, by being dissatisfied with His de...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 6:16 YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST. Testing God is an act of disobedience and shows a lack of trust in him. Jesus quoted this verse during his wildern...
CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses had rehearsed the law, reminded the people of the circumstances in which it was given, and now he sets forth its essential and fundamental doctrines, the nature and attributes of...
So in chapter six: NOW these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land whither you go to possess it: Tha...
1 Corinthians 10:9; Exodus 17:2; Exodus 17:7; Hebrews 3:8; Hebrews 3:9;
Ye shall not tempt — Not provoke him, as the following instance explains. Sinners, especially presumptuous sinners, are said to tempt God, that is, to make a trial of God, whether he be, so wise as to...