Massah

(For the town in Libya see Massah, Libya)
Massah () is one of the locations which the Torah identifies as having been travelled through by the Israelites, during the Exodus, although the list of visited stations in the Book of Numbers doesn't mention it. In the Book of Exodus, Massah is mentioned at the same time as Meribah, in a context which suggests that Massah is the same location as Meribah, but other biblical mentions of Massah and Meribah, such as that in the Blessing of MosesMassah and Meribah are also referenced in , , and , , and , seem to imply that they are distinctPeake's commentary on the BibleCheyne and Black, Encyclopedia Biblica.
The Biblical text states that the Israelites argued with Moses about the of water, with Moses rebuking the Israelites for testing Yahweh, hence the name Massah, which means testing. In an earlier narrative concerning Marah, a similar argument is related, in which Yahweh tested the Israelites; some of textual scholars regard this latter episode, which doesn't mention Massah explicitly, as being the Elohist version of the naming of Massah, while the former account, in which the name Massah refers to the testing of Yahweh by the Israelites, is attributed to the JahwistPeake's commentary on the Bible.
==See also==
*Meribah
*Marah
==Citations and Notes==
Category:Exodus Stations
Category:Torah events