Numbers 20:13
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This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

the water

Deuteronomy 33:8 To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction:

Psalm 95:8 To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

Psalm 106:32 They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:

Meribah, strife

Exodus 17:7 And he called the name of that place Temptation, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?

Deuteronomy 32:51 Because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel, at the waters of contradiction, in Cades of the desert of Sin: and you did not sanctify me among the children of Israel.

he was

Isaiah 5:16 And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.

Ezekiel 20:41 I will accept of you for an odour of sweetness, when I shall have brought you out from the people, and shall have gathered you out of the lands into which you are scattered, and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the Gentiles, which you have profaned in the midst of them: that the Gentiles may know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord of hosts, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 38:16 And thou shalt come upon my people of Israel like a cloud, to cover the earth. Thou shalt be in the latter days, and I will bring thee upon my land: that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Context
Water from the Rock
12And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Because you have not believed me, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, you shall not bring these people into the land, which I will give them. 13This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
Cross References
Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of that place Temptation, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?

Deuteronomy 33:8
To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction:

Psalm 81:7
Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.

Psalm 95:8
To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

Lexicon
These
הֵ֚מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

were the waters
מֵ֣י (mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of Meribah,
מְרִיבָ֔ה (mə·rî·ḇāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4809: Meribah -- 'place of strife', two places in the desert

where
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the Israelites
בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

quarreled
רָב֥וּ (rā·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

and He showed His holiness
וַיִּקָּדֵ֖שׁ (way·yiq·qā·ḏêš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

among them.
בָּֽם׃ (bām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

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

This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

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

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

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

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

These are waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have 'striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.
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