Massah] 'trial' or 'proving.' Meribah] 'chiding.' The names are formed from the words used in Exodus 17:2. Meribah is the name given to the place where water was again provided (see Numbers 20:13), but to distinguish it from the present Meribah it is called Meribah Kadesh in Deuteronomy 32:51. Some commentators hold that the account given here and that in Numbers 20 refer to the same occurrence. The resemblances are striking, but there are also manifest points of difference.

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