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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(strife). A
desert
encampment, where the
rock
was smitten (
Ex. 17:7
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? (Exodus 17:7)
).
Kadesh
(
Num. 20:13-24
13
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
14
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
15
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
16
And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
17
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
18
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
19
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
20
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
21
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
22
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
23
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
24
Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. (Numbers 20:13‑24)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
See
KADESH
.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
strife of Kadesh (see Kadesh)
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