Exodus 17:7

Massah. Temptation. Tempting of God. Meribah. Strife. Striving with Moses.

tempted. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.App-6. (i.e. tempting Jehovah to cut them off).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Massah ...Meribah - See the margin. On the importance of this lesson see our Lord’s words, Matthew 4:7 .
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 27. Water from the Rock (Exodus 17 :1 P (Rephidim), Exodus 17:1 b - Exodus 17:2 a (strove, strive) E, Exodus 17:3 and Exodus 17:2 b...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And he called the name of the place. The verb here might be taken indefinitely, as if it were said, that this name was given to the place...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah— The meaning of which names is, as usual, given in the context; Meribah, chiding, or strife,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, say...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rephidim. Murmuring for Water. Opposition of Amalek Leaving the maritime plain the Israelites now strike inland, and after halting at Dophkah and...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Massah ] 'trial' or 'proving.' Meribah ] 'chiding.' The names are formed from the words used in Exodus 17:2 . Meribah is the name given to the pla...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Massah means trial, or temptation, being formed from the root used in Exodus 17:2 (“Wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ?”) It is the word trans...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Water from the Rock; Victory over Amalek Exodus 17:1-16 From the smitten rock flowed the water for the thirsty hosts. So the Rock of Ages was s...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Another trial of their faith came to the people in the lack of water. In view of the fact that they had been provided with bread and flesh, it would...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Massah means temptation, and Meribah strife. Monuments of mercy should be set up accompanied with monuments of our unworthiness. Psalms 81:7 . David...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah ,.... The former signifies "temptation", and the latter "contention": the reason of which na...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is the Lord among us or not? To protect and provide for us according to his word; will he be as good as his word, or will he not? Words which impli...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WATER FROM THE ROCK (vs.1-7) Bread has been provided for the people. Can God provide water also? Why did they not simply appeal to Him in fullest...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites Murmur for Water. B. C. 1491....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

viz. To protect and provide for us according to his word given to us. Will God be as good as his word, or will he not? For it is to us very doubtful....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Water From the Rock ( Exodus 17:1-7 ). The children of Israel leave the wilderness of Sinai and encamp in Rephidim. Its site is uncertain. There t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 17:1 . After their journeys.]—Literally, “their breakings up,” alluding to nomad life, and bringing vividly before the mi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Thou shalt smite the rock. Horeb; or, great mercies from unlikely sources I. The secular department of human history will furnish abundant illu...
The Biblical Illustrator

Is the Lord among us, or not? Evidences of the Divine presence I. We observe an increase of spiritual enlightenment is an evidence of the Divin...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Murmuring at Massah and Meribah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he called the name of the place Massah (temptation) and Meribah (strife) because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they te...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Massah. i.e. temptation Numbers 20:13 Deuteronomy 9:22 meribah, that is Chiding or Strife Exodus 17:2 Psalms 81:7 chiding Exodus 17:2 tempt...

⁷ And he called the name of the place Massah,a 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?

Related Commentaries of Exodus 17:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 17:7