Exodus 17:2 Cross References - ISV

² The people quarreled with Moses: “Give us water to drink.”
Moses told them, “Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?”

¹ Rachel’s Children by BilhahRachel noticed that she was not bearing children for Jacob, so because she envied her sister Leah, she told Jacob, “If you don’t give me sons, I’m going to die!”
² That made Jacob angry with Rachel, so he asked her, “Can I take God’s place, who has not allowed you to conceive?”

²¹ The supervisors told them, “May the LORD look on you and judge you! You have made us repulsive to Pharaoh and his servants. You have put a sword in their hands to kill us.”

¹¹ They also told Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you took us out to die in the desert? What have you done to us, by bringing us out of Egypt? ¹² Is this not what we told you in Egypt, when we said, ‘Leave us alone!’ and ‘Let us serve the Egyptians!’? Indeed, it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”

²⁴ Then the people complained against Moses: “What are we to drink?”

² The whole congregation of the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron in the desert. ³ The Israelis told them, “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt when we sat by the cooking pots, when we ate bread until we were filled—because you brought us to this desert to kill this entire congregation with hunger.”

⁷ He named the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelis quarreled and tested the LORD by saying: “Is the LORD really among us or not?”

⁴ Meanwhile, certain riff-raff among the people had an insatiable appetite for food. As a result, they wept and turned back, and the Israelis cried out, “If only somebody would feed us some meat! ⁵ How we remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for free! And the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic! ⁶ But now we can’t stand it anymore, because there’s nothing in front of us except this manna.”

² All the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron. Then the entire assembly responded, “We wish that we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness.

²² none of those men who saw my glory and watched my miracles that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness—even though they’ve tested me these ten times and never listened to my voice—

² But there was no water for the community, so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. ³ As the people argued with Moses, they told him, “We wish that we had died when our relatives died in the LORD’s presence! ⁴ Why did you bring the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness? So we and our cattle could die here? ⁵ Why did you take us out of Egypt and bring us to this terrible place? There’s no place to plant seeds, fig trees, vines, or pomegranates! And there’s no water to drink!”

⁵ the people complained against the LORD and Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?” they asked. “There’s no food and water, and we’re tired of this worthless bread.”

¹⁶ Do What is Right“Don’t test the LORD your God like you did in Massah.

⁶ Samuel was displeased when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.

¹⁸ To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings.

⁴¹ They tested God again and again, provoking the Holy One of Israel.

⁵⁶ But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes.

⁹ where your ancestors tested me. They tested me, even though they had seen my awesome deeds.

¹⁴ They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland.

¹² But Ahaz replied, “I won’t ask! I won’t put the LORD to the test.”

¹⁵ and, ‘Now we call the arrogant one blessed. Those who do evil prosper and those who challenge God escape the consequences.’”

⁷ Jesus responded to him, “It is also written, ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’”

¹ Interpreting the Time
When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ² He replied to them, “You say, ‘Red sky at night, what a delight! ³ Red sky in the morning, cloudy and storming.’
You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can’t interpret the signs of the times?

¹² Jesus answered him, “It has been said, ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’”

¹² The younger one told his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So the father divided his property between them.

⁹ “How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter asked her. “Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and these men will carry you outside as well.”

¹⁰ So why do you test God by putting on the disciples’ neck a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we could carry?

⁹ Let’s stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.

⁹ There your ancestors tested me, even though they had seen my actions