diff --git a/lib/liquid/parser.rb b/lib/liquid/parser.rb
index 93cda908..645dfa3a 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/parser.rb
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ module Liquid
       @p = point
     end
 
-    def read(type = nil)
-      token = @tokens[@p]
-      if type && token[0] != type
-        raise SyntaxError, "Expected #{type} but found #{@tokens[@p].first}"
-      end
-      token[1]
-    end
-
     def consume(type = nil)
       token = @tokens[@p]
       if type && token[0] != type
diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/render.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/render.rb
index c337f4da..cabbfe2e 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/render.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/render.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module Liquid
       return p.consume(:string) if p.look(:string)
       return p.consume(:id) if p.look(:id)
 
-      found = p.look(:end_of_string) ? "nothing" : p.read
+      found = p.consume || "nothing"
       raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.render_invalid_template_name", found: found)
     end
 
diff --git a/test/integration/tags/snippet_test.rb b/test/integration/tags/snippet_test.rb
index 1476f9da..7a0383ad 100644
--- a/test/integration/tags/snippet_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/tags/snippet_test.rb
@@ -953,6 +953,16 @@ class SnippetTest < Minitest::Test
 
       assert_match("Expected a string or identifier, found nothing", exception.message)
     end
+
+    def test_render_with_invalid_identifier
+      template = "{% render 123 %}"
+
+      exception = assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
+        Liquid::Template.parse(template, error_mode: :rigid)
+      end
+
+      assert_match("Expected a string or identifier, found 123", exception.message)
+    end
   end
 
   class ResourceLimits < SnippetTest