Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he was proved holy among them. New Living Translation This place was known as the waters of Meribah (which means “arguing”) because there the people of Israel argued with the LORD, and there he demonstrated his holiness among them. English Standard Version These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and through them he showed himself holy. Berean Standard Bible These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them. King James Bible This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. New King James Version This was the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was hallowed among them. New American Standard Bible Those were called the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel argued with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them. NASB 1995 Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them. NASB 1977 Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them. Legacy Standard Bible Those were the waters of Meribah because the sons of Israel contended with Yahweh, and He proved Himself holy among them. Amplified Bible These are the waters of Meribah (contention, strife), where the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He showed Himself holy among them. Christian Standard Bible These are the Waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and he demonstrated his holiness to them. Holman Christian Standard Bible These are the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness to them. American Standard Version These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them. Contemporary English Version The Israelites had complained against the LORD, and he had shown them his holy power by giving them water to drink. So they named the place Meribah, which means "Complaining." English Revised Version These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. GOD'S WORD® Translation This was the oasis of Meribah [Complaining], where the Israelites complained about the LORD and where he showed them he was holy. Good News Translation This happened at Meribah, where the people of Israel complained against the LORD and where he showed them that he is holy. International Standard Version Because the Israelis argued with the LORD and he was set apart among them, this place was called the Meribah Springs. Majority Standard Bible These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them. NET Bible These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the LORD, and his holiness was maintained among them. New Heart English Bible These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. Webster's Bible Translation 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 Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThese [are] the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have “striven” with YHWH, and He is sanctified among 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. Smith's Literal Translation These the Waters of Strife, because the sons of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he will be consecrated in them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThis is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. Catholic Public Domain Version This is the Water of Contradiction, where the sons of Israel were quarreling against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. New American Bible These are the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and through which he displayed his holiness. New Revised Standard Version These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and by which he showed his holiness. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThese are the waters of Mesotha (contention); because the children of Israel strove before the LORD, and he was sanctified among them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated These are the waters d'Metsutha“Of contention”, for the children of Israel contended before LORD JEHOVAH and he was sanctified among them. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was sanctified in them. Brenton Septuagint Translation This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Water from the Rock…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.” 13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them. Cross References Exodus 17:7 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?” Psalm 95:8-9 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. Deuteronomy 32:51 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. Psalm 106:32-33 At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. / For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips. Hebrews 3:8-9 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. 1 Corinthians 10:4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Deuteronomy 1:37 The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land. Deuteronomy 3:26 But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter. Deuteronomy 4:21 The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. Deuteronomy 9:23-24 And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him. / You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you. Hebrews 3:16-19 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... Hebrews 4:2 For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. Hebrews 4:6 Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience, Hebrews 4:11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. Numbers 27:14 for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin. Treasury of Scripture This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. the water Deuteronomy 33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; Psalm 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: Psalm 106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: Meribah, strife Exodus 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? Deuteronomy 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. he was Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. Ezekiel 20:41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. Jump to Previous Children Contended Hallowed Holy Israel Israelites Meribah Mer'ibah Proved Quarreled Sanctified Showed Striven Strove Water WatersJump to Next Children Contended Hallowed Holy Israel Israelites Meribah Mer'ibah Proved Quarreled Sanctified Showed Striven Strove Water WatersNumbers 20 1. The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dies.2. They murmur for want of water 7. Moses smiting the rock, brings forth water at Meribah 14. Moses at Kadesh desires passage through Edom, which is denied him 22. At Mount Hor Aaron resigns his place to Eleazar, and dies These were the waters of Meribah The term "Meribah" comes from the Hebrew root "rib," meaning "to strive" or "to contend." This place is significant in Israel's history as a site of contention and testing. Archaeologically, Meribah is associated with the region near Kadesh, a critical location during the Israelites' wilderness wanderings. The waters of Meribah symbolize both God's provision and the people's lack of faith, serving as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience and the importance of trusting in God's promises. where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and He showed His holiness among them 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.") . . . Verse 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.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Theseהֵ֚מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They were the waters מֵ֣י (mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen of Meribah, מְרִיבָ֔ה (mə·rî·ḇāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4809: Meribah -- 'place of strife', two places in the desert where אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the Israelites בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son quarreled רָב֥וּ (rā·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend with אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH and He showed His holiness וַיִּקָּדֵ֖שׁ (way·yiq·qā·ḏêš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated among them. בָּֽם׃ (bām) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Links Numbers 20:13 NIVNumbers 20:13 NLT Numbers 20:13 ESV Numbers 20:13 NASB Numbers 20:13 KJV Numbers 20:13 BibleApps.com Numbers 20:13 Biblia Paralela Numbers 20:13 Chinese Bible Numbers 20:13 French Bible Numbers 20:13 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 20:13 These are the waters of Meribah (Nu Num.) |
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