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Psalm 106:32

They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

30Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
31That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
33because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.
34They didn’t destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them,
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At Meribah, the people’s actions anger God and bring trouble upon Moses, showing how rebellion can reach beyond those who take part in it.

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Numbers 20:2–13There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.Numbers describes the water shortage and the congregation assembling against Moses and Aaron; the psalm recalls the trouble Moses suffered at Meribah.
Numbers 20:23–24Both passages name Moses within Israel’s history, though this Numbers verse records God speaking at Mount Hor.
Psalm 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.Both name the waters of Meribah: Psalm 81 recalls God testing the people there, while Psalm 106 recalls their provoking him.
Deuteronomy 1:37Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, “You also shall not go in there.Both connect the people’s conduct with consequences for Moses, with Deuteronomy naming God’s anger and the prohibition against entering the land.
Deuteronomy 4:21Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land which the …Both connect Moses’ trouble with the people; Deuteronomy specifies that God barred him from crossing the Jordan into the promised land.
Deuteronomy 3:26But the LORD was angry with me because of you, and didn’t listen to me. The LORD said to me, “That is enough! Speak no more to me of this matter.Both link the people with consequences for Moses; Deuteronomy records God’s anger and his refusal to hear more on the matter.
Numbers 27:13–14When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;The shared figure is Moses; the Numbers verse concerns his coming death, while the psalm concerns his trouble at Meribah.
Psalm 78:40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!Both recall Israel provoking God, with Psalm 78 describing repeated wilderness rebellion and Psalm 106 naming Meribah.
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.The waters named Meribah in the psalm appear as Meribath Kadesh in Ezekiel’s boundary description, where no rebellion is recounted.
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The account names both the people’s rebellion and Moses’ rash speech. Pressure from others is real, and words spoken under that pressure still matter before God.

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