Text: Psalm 106:32
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 1:37
Subject: Moses' disqualification
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Moses states that the LORD was angry with him "on your account" because of Israel's rebellion, and Psalm 106:32 echoes this: "At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them." Both texts present Moses's disqualification from the land as caused by Israel's provocations at Meribah, using the motif of divine anger (קָצַף, qatsaf in Deuteronomy; רעע, ra'a in the Psalm) directed at Moses because of the people's sin. The psalm transforms the personal testimony of Deuteronomy into a corporate confession, acknowledging that the congregation's rebellion cost their greatest leader his inheritance.