Numbers 20:13

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

This is {H1992} the water {H4325} of Meribah {H4809}; because the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} strove {H7378} with the LORD {H3068}, and he was sanctified {H6942} in them.

This is M'rivah Spring [Disputation Spring], where the people of Isra'el disputed with ADONAI, and he was caused to be regarded as holy by them.

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

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

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • 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?

  • Psalms 95:8

    Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:

  • 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;

  • Deuteronomy 32:51

    Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

  • Psalms 106:32

    They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

  • Psalms 106:48

    Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

  • 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.

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