Meribah (Exodus 17)
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Other places named Meribah: Meribah.
| Type | campsite |
|---|---|
| Also called | Waters of Meribah |
| Most likely | within 500 m of Rephidim (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 28.623° N, 33.880° E |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Exodus 17:7 |
Meribah (Exodus 17) is a campsite named in 3 verses of the Bible. It is most likely within 500 m of Rephidim (high confidence).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| within 500 m of Rephidim | high (100%) | 28.623° N, 33.880° E |
Verses
Exodus
- Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
Psalms
- Psalm 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.