Text: Psalm 106:32-33
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 3:26
Subject: Moses barred from the land at Meribah
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 3:26 (referenced as 3:36 in some versification systems) records Moses's plea to enter the land and God's refusal: "the LORD was angry with me on account of you." Psalm 106:32-33 retells this episode in liturgical confession: "At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them; for they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips." Both texts assign responsibility to the people's provocation while acknowledging Moses's personal failure. The psalmist adds the interpretive detail that Israel "rebelled against His Spirit" (הִמְרוּ אֶת רוּחוֹ, himru et rucho), deepening the theological analysis beyond Deuteronomy's simpler account of divine anger.