Numbers 20:13 “These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with…”

Numbers 20:13

These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

World English Bible

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

American Standard Version

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.

Geneva Bible 1599

This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel stroue with the Lord, and hee was sanctified in them.

Darby Translation

These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.

Young's Literal Translation

These [are] waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have 'striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“the water”

Psalm 95:8 Deuteronomy 33:8 Psalm 106:32–48

Psalm 95:8 · BSB

do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Deuteronomy 33:8 · BSB

Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

Psalm 106:32–48 · BSB

At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

“Meribah”

Exodus 17:7 Deuteronomy 32:51

Exodus 17:7 · BSB

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Deuteronomy 32:51 · BSB

For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.

“he was”

Isaiah 5:16 Ezekiel 20:41 Ezekiel 36:23 Ezekiel 38:16

Isaiah 5:16 · BSB

But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

Ezekiel 20:41 · BSB

When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 36:23 · BSB

I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in…

Ezekiel 38:16 · BSB

You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you be…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”

14From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

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