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Meribah

מְרִיבָה · me.ri.vah · H4809Hקָדֵשׁ · qa.desh · H6946H“dispute; quarrel” Hitchcock's 18698 mentions in 4 books, most in Numbers (3)

Where it is

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Mentioned most in

Numbers · 3Psalms · 2Ezekiel · 2Deuteronomy · 1
Counted from 8 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Meribah-kadesh, also known as Meribah, was a location in the wilderness where the Israelites quarreled with Moses, and Moses disobeyed God (Numbers 20:13). The people complained about the lack of water, and God instructed Moses to speak to the rock to bring forth water. However, Moses struck the rock twice with his staff, and water came out abundantly (Numbers 20:7-11). Because Moses and Aaron did not trust and honor God in the sight of the Israelites, they were not allowed to enter the Promised Land (Numbers 20:12; 27:14; Deu.32.51). The incident at Meribah-kadesh is remembered as a time when the Israelites rebelled against God and Moses (Psalm 81:7; 106:32). In Ezekiel's vision of the future boundaries of Israel, Meribah-kadesh is mentioned as a point on the southern border (Ezk.47.19; 48:28).

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Every mention

8 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
NumbersChapter 20: 2 mentionsChapter 27: 1 mention3 mentions
Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.Numbers 20:24“Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.Numbers 27:14because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of…
DeuteronomyChapter 32: 1 mention1 mention
Deuteronomy 32:51because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn’t uphold my holiness among the children of…
PsalmsChapter 81: 1 mentionChapter 106: 1 mention2 mentions
Psalms 81:7You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.Psalms 106:32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
EzekielChapter 47: 1 mentionChapter 48: 1 mention2 mentions
Ezekiel 47:19“The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea. This is the south side southward.Ezekiel 48:28“By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.

What the dictionary says

Quarrel or strife.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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