# נָסָה (nasah) Israeli respelling: na-sah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H5254. 34 Old Testament occurrences. to test; by implication, to attempt King James renderings: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nasah-h5254 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 22:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/1) — And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. - [Exodus 15:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/15/25) — And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he ma… - [Exodus 16:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/16/4) — Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every d… - [Exodus 17:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/2) — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? where… - [Exodus 17:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/7) — And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LOR… - [Exodus 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/20/20) — And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. - [Numbers 14:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/14/22) — Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these… - [Deuteronomy 4:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/34) — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and… - [Deuteronomy 6:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/6/16) — Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. - [Deuteronomy 8:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/2) — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee,… - [Deuteronomy 8:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/8/16) — Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee… - [Deuteronomy 13:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/3) — Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye lov… - [Deuteronomy 28:56](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/56) — The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tendern… - [Deuteronomy 33:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/33/8) — And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at… - [Judges 2:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/2/22) — That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. - [Judges 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/3/1) — Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; - [Judges 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/3/4) — And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathe… - [Judges 6:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/6/39) — And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once w… - [1 Samuel 17:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/39) — And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with thes… - [1 Kings 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/1) — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. - [2 Chronicles 9:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/1) — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great com… - [2 Chronicles 32:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/31) — Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land,… - [Job 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/4/2) — If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? - [Psalms 26:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/26/2) — Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. - [Psalms 78:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/18) — And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. - [Psalms 78:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/41) — Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. - [Psalms 78:56](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/56) — Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: - [Psalms 95:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/95/9) — When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. - [Psalms 106:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/14) — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. - [Ecclesiastes 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/1) — I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. - [Ecclesiastes 7:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/23) — All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. - [Isaiah 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/7/12) — But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. - [Daniel 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/12) — Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. - [Daniel 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/14) — So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.