Numbers 20:13
World English Bible (WEB)
These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
In context
11 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
12 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;
15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.
Numbers 20:13 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
- KJV King James Version
- This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
- ASV American Standard Version
- These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- These [are] waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have 'striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.
- DBY Darby Translation
- These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.
- WBS Webster Bible
- This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.