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Meribah
Town or city mentioned in 9 verses of the Bible, most often in Numbers.
Journeys through Meribah
- The Exodus (15th or 13th century BC)
Where it appears
Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (2), Psalms (2), Ezekiel (2)
Key verses
- Numbers 20:13 first mention — This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
- Numbers 20:24 — Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
- Numbers 27:14 — For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- Deuteronomy 32:51 — Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
- Psalms 81:7 — Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
- Psalms 106:32 — They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
- Ezekiel 47:19 — And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
- Ezekiel 48:28 — And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
Nearby places
- Amalek 0 km
- Kadesh-barnea 0 km
- Mithcah 1 km
- Tahath 1 km
- Terah 1 km
- Azmon 10 km
- Beer-lahai-roi 10 km
- Bene-jaakan 17 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.