Bible verse
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
Psalm 78:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 78.
14 He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
21 Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
22 because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
KJV
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
ASV
And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
ERV
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
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