9 We must not put Christ to the test, oas some of them did and pwere destroyed by serpents,
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Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.”
Exodus 17:2
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?”
Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Psalm 78:18
They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
Numbers 21:6
Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
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