Numbers Chapter 20 verse 13 Holy Bible
These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
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These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.
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These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.
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This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
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This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
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These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
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These `are' waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have `striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - This is the water of Meribah, or "water of strife." Septuagint, ὕδωρ ἀντιλογίας. The word "Meribah" appears, however, to form part of a proper name in Deuteronomy 32:51. A similar use of the word is recorded in Exodus 17:7. That the same name was more or less definitely attached to these two scenes is only another way of saying that there was a strong similarity between the two sets of associations. At the same time the differences are so marked in the narratives that they leave very distinct impressions upon the mind. And he was sanctified in them, i.e., he revealed there his holiness and power, and put to silence their evil murmurings against him. He was sanctified in them all the more abundantly because Moses and Aaron failed to sanctify him in the eyes of the people; but what they failed to do he brought to pass without their agency.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) This is the water of Meribah.--i.e., of strife. (See Exodus 17:7, and Note; also Numbers 27:14, where the words "in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin," are added to distinguish the latter from the earlier miracle.) In Deuteronomy 32:51 the waters are spoken of as those of "Meribah of Kadesh."And he was sanctified in them.--The reference in the words in them seems to be either to the word waters, which is plural in Hebrew, or, more probably, to the children of Israel, amongst whom Moses and Aaron were included. It has been supposed that the place derived its name of Kadesh (or, more fully, Kadesh-Barnea, Numbers 32:8) from the cognate verb, which is rendered sanctify in this and the preceding verse. It was in Kadesh that the sentence of exclusion had been pronounced upon the people generally (Numbers 14:22-23), and upon Moses and Aaron in particular, and it was thus that the Lord sanctified Himself in dealing with the transgressors. If the place derived its name, Kadesh, from these circumstances, it must have been called by that name proleptically in Genesis 14:7--a supposition which is entirely consistent with the manner in which the place is mentioned in that verse ("Enmishpat, which is Kadesh.") . . .
