Numbers 20 · Verse 13

Numbers 20:13

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
Numbers 20:13, King James Version

Numbers 20:13 in other translations

BSBThese were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
WEBThese are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
ASVThese are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
YLTThese are waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have ‘striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.
DARBYThese are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.
BBEThese are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.
WebsterThis is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

What does Numbers 20:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 20:2-13

2-13. there was no water for the congregation--There was at Kadesh a fountain, En-Mishpat (Ge 14:7), and at the first encampment of the Israelites there was no want of water. It was then either partially dried up by the heat of the season, or had been exhausted by the demands of so vast a multitude.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 20:1-13

After thirty-eight years' tedious abode in the wilderness, the armies of Israel advanced towards Canaan again. There was no water for the congregation. We live in a wanting world, and wherever we are, must expect to meet with something to put us out. It is a great mercy to have plenty of water, a mercy which, if we found the want of, we should more own the worth of. Hereupon they murmured against Moses and Aaron…

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Numbers 20:13 in the original Hebrew

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הֵ֚מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
מֵ֣יmei[were] [the] waters ofH4325
מְרִיבָ֔הme.ri.VahMeribahH4809
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
רָב֥וּra.Vuthey quarreledH7378
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת\־'et-withH854
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיִּקָּדֵ֖שׁvai.yi.ka.Deshand he showed himself holyH6942
בָּֽם\׃\ \סBamamong <the> them

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Cross references for Numbers 20:13

  • Psalms 95:8

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

  • 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 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 106:32-48

    They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. …

  • Isaiah 5:16

    But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 38:16

    And 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.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the water.
De 33:8; Ps 95:8; 106:32-48
Meribah. i.e., Strife.
Ex 17:7; De 32:51
Meribah-Kadesh. he was.
Isa 5:16; Eze 20:41; 36:23; 38:16

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Context

  • Numbers 20:12

    And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

  • Numbers 20:13

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

  • Numbers 20:14

    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:

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Numbers 20:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Estas son las aguas de la rencilla, por las cuales contendieron los hijos de Israel con Jehová, y él se santificó en ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ce sont là les eaux de Meriba, où les fils d’Israël contestèrent avec l’ Éternel; et il se sanctifia en eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das ist das Wasser von Meriba, wo die Kinder Israel mit Jehova haderten, und er sich an ihnen heiligte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc est aqua contradictionis, ubi jurgati sunt filii Israël contra Dominum, et sanctificatus est in eis.