Deu 6:15 | KD | STEP | The worship of Jehovah not only precludes all idolatry, which the Lord, as a jealous God, will not endure (see at ), but will punish with destruction from the earth (“the face of the ground,” as in ); but it also excludes tempting the Lord by an unbelieving murmuring against God, if He does not remove any kind of distress immediately, as the people had already sinned at Massah, i.e., at Rephidim ( ).

‏ Deuteronomy 6:15

The worship of Jehovah not only precludes all idolatry, which the Lord, as a jealous God, will not endure (see at Exo 20:5), but will punish with destruction from the earth (“the face of the ground,” as in Exo 32:12); but it also excludes tempting the Lord by an unbelieving murmuring against God, if He does not remove any kind of distress immediately, as the people had already sinned at Massah, i.e., at Rephidim (Exo 17:1-7).