Text: Psalm 106:32-33
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 1:37
Subject: Moses excluded from the land
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Moses recalls that "the LORD was angry with me on your account" (הִתְאַנַּף יְהוָה בִּי, hit'annaf YHWH bi) and barred him from entering the land, and Psalm 106:32-33 retells this same episode at the waters of Meribah, noting that "trouble came to Moses because of them" since "they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips." The psalmist adds the detail that Moses was provoked to speak rashly (וַיְבַטֵּא, vayevate'), providing a more explicit identification of Moses's specific failure than Deuteronomy does. Together, the passages present Moses's exclusion as both a consequence of Israel's provocation and a solemn demonstration that even the mediator of the covenant is not exempt from divine discipline.