Bible Strands
Psalms 106:32
At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the congregation of Israel, reviewing their wilderness rebellion at Kadesh to explain their exclusion from the Promised Land.
The words — וַיַּקְצִיפוּ (va-yak-tsi-fu) translates literally as "they provoked to anger," identifying the people's direct action against God at the site named Meribah.
The thread — This event corresponds to the water shortage in Numbers 20:2 and the resulting divine judgment recorded in Deuteronomy 1:37.
Why it lands — The text states that the people's provocation brought trouble to Moses specifically because of them. This demands that readers recognize how corporate rebellion imposes direct consequences on appointed leaders.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Cross-references
- Numbers 20:2 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 20:23 And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Deuteronomy 1:37 The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
- Deuteronomy 4:21 The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Psalms 81:7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
- Numbers 27:13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
- Deuteronomy 3:26 But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.
- Psalms 78:40 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!