Exodus 17:2

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2 Therefore the people ^acontended with Moses and said, “Give us water that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “^bWhy do you contend with me? ^cWhy do you test Yahweh?”

Exodus 17:7

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7 So he named the place ¹^aMassah and ²^bMeribah because of the contending of the sons of Israel, and because they ^ctested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us or not?”