Text: Psalm 106:32-33
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 20:12
Subject: Moses's sin at Meribah
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Numbers 20:12 records God's verdict on Moses and Aaron at Meribah: "Because you did not trust in Me enough to honor Me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I have given them." Psalm 106:32-33 recounts this event in its litany of Israel's failures: "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." The psalm's phrasing places primary blame on the people's provocation while acknowledging Moses's rash speech (בָּטָא, bata', "to speak rashly"), offering a more nuanced assessment than Numbers alone. Together the texts show how Israel's corporate sin implicated even its greatest leader.