Exodus 17:7
Berean Standard Bible
He named the place Massah * and Meribah * because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Context
5And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.* And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.”
So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7He named the place Massah * and Meribah * because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” 8After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
English text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). English audio: Berean Standard Audio Bible.