Meribah in Biblical History

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Who is Meribah?
MER'IBAH
(quarrel, strife). 1. The fountain near Rephidim which issued from the rock in Horeb which Moses smote by the divine command; also called "Massah" ("temptation, trial"). Ex 17:1-7; Deut 6:16; Deut 9:22. Wilson and Warren would place this fountain in Wady Feiran, near Mount Serbal; Holland puts it in the pass al- Watiyeh, at the eastern end of Wady es-Sheikh. 2. Another fountain, produced in the same manner and under similar circumstances as the preceding, near Kadesh, in the desert of Zin; also called waters of Meribah and Meribah Kadesh. Deut 33:8; Ps 95:8; Ps 106:32. This miracle occurred near the close of the wanderings of the Hebrews in the desert. Num 20:1-24; Eze 27:14; Deut 32:51; Ps 81:7; Eze 47:19. Some erroneously regard the two as identical, but this view is inconsistent with the scriptural narrative. See Kadesh.

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