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The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 6, Verse 16

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(For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
King James Version
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
American Standard Version
Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
New English Translation
Exhortation to Obey the Lord Exclusively You must not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah.
World English Bible
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
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Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
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And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
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To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
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[And] when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
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Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
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And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
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And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
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And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as [it is] at this day.
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And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
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When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;