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Num. 20:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

This is the water of γMeribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctifiedz in them.

That is, strife,

Ex. 17:7• ⁷And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not? (Ex. 17:7)

Ezek. 20:41• ⁴¹I 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. (Ezek. 20:41)

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Cross References

the water.

Deut. 33:8• ⁸And of Levi he said,{HR}Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy holy one,{HR}Whom thou didst prove at Massah,{HR}With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; (Deut. 33:8)

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Psa. 95:8• ⁸Harden not your heart like Meribah,{HR}Like the day of Massah in the wilderness; (Psa. 95:8)

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Psa. 106:32‑48• ³²And they angered him at the waters of Meribah,{HR}And it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³For they provoked his spirit,{HR}And he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
³⁴They destroyed not the peoples{HR}As (about which) Jehovah said to them;
³⁵But they mingled with the nations{HR}And learned their doings.
³⁶And they served their idols,{HR}Which became a snare unto them.
³⁷And they sacrificed their sons{HR}And their daughters to the demons;
³⁸And shed innocent blood—{HR}Blood of their sons and their daughters,{HR}Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan,{HR}And the land was polluted with blood.
³⁹And they were defiled in their doings,{HR}And went a whoring in their actions.
⁴⁰And Jehovah's anger was kindled at his people,{HR}And he abhorred his inheritance.
⁴¹And he gave them into nations' hand,{HR}And over them ruled their haters.
⁴²And their enemies oppressed them,{HR}And they were bowed down under their hand.
⁴³Many times he delivereth them,{HR}And they rebel in their counsel{HR}And were brought low by their iniquity.
⁴⁴But he regarded them in the distress{HR}When he heard them cry.
⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant,{HR}And repented according to the multitude of his mercies;
⁴⁶And he gave them compassion{HR}Before all that took them captives.
⁴⁷Save us, Jehovah our God,{HR}And gather us from among the nations{HR}To give thanks unto thy holy name,{HR}To glory in thy praise.
⁴⁸Blessed [be] Jehovah God of Israel{HR}From the everlasting and unto the everlasting!{HR}And let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah . (Psa. 106:32‑48)

Meribah.

i.e., Strife.

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Deut. 32:51• ⁵¹because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye hallowed me not in the midst of the children of Israel. (Deut. 32:51)

Meribah-Kadesh.

he was.

Isa. 5:16• ¹⁶but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in judgment, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness. (Isa. 5:16)

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Ezek. 36:23• ²³And 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 Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. (Ezek. 36:23)

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Ezek. 38:16• ¹⁶and thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. (Ezek. 38:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

Contention.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)