Meribah
Meribah appears in 9 verses of the Bible, from Numbers to Ezekiel.
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- Near Ain el Qudeirat, 150 km southwest of Jerusalem
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- 2 proposed sites
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Key passages
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This place was known as the waters of Meribah (which means “arguing”) because there the people of Israel argued with the Lord, and there he demonstrated his holiness among them.
Numbers 20:13 · Read the chapter -
For both of you betrayed me with the Israelites at the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. You failed to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel there.
Deuteronomy 32:51 · Read the chapter -
You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude
Psalms 81:7 · Read the chapter -
“The southern border will go west from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh and then follow the course of the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. This will be the southern border.
Ezekiel 47:19 · Read the chapter
Every verse (9)
- Psalms
- Psa 81:7 Psa 106:32
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