Text -- Deuteronomy 9:22 (NET)

9:22 Moreover, you continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 9:22

¹ sn Taberah. By popular etymology this derives from the Hebrew verb בָעַר (ba’ar, “to burn”), thus, here, “burning.” The reference is to the Lord’s fiery wrath against Israel because of their constant complaints against him (Num 11:1-3).

² sn Massah. See note on this term in Deut 6:16.

³ sn Kibroth-Hattaavah. This place name means in Hebrew “burial places of appetite,” that is, graves that resulted from overindulgence. The reference is to the Israelites stuffing themselves with the quail God had provided and doing so with thanklessness (Num 11:31-35).