“Then at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah you kept provoking the Lord to anger.
Parallel translations
- WEB At Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah, you provoked Yahweh to wrath.
- KJV And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
- BSB You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
- NKJV “Also at Taberah and Massah and Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.
- NLT “You also made the Lord angry at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.
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Quick answer
Moses lists Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah as further places where Israel provoked God. Their rebellion was a repeated pattern, not a single lapse.
Overview
These named sites recall earlier wilderness sins of complaint, testing God, and craving. Moses gathers them to show that the golden calf was part of a long history of provocation. The reminder humbles Israel and warns that habitual unbelief, like theirs, calls for the persevering grace that only God supplies.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Num 11:34The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
- Exod 17:7He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
- Num 11:1–5The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
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