“You called in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you in the covering of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meriḇ
Numbers 20:13 - The Scriptures 1998 These were the waters of Meriḇ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These are the waters of Meribah [strife], where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them. American Standard Version (1901) These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them. Common English Bible These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites confronted the LORD with controversy and he showed his holiness to them. Catholic Public Domain Version This is the Water of Contradiction, where the sons of Israel were quarreling against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord and he was sanctified in them. |
“You called in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you in the covering of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meriḇ
“As a sweet fragrance I shall accept you when I bring you out from the peoples. And I shall gather you out of the lands where you have been scattered. And I shall be set-apart in you before the gentiles.
“And I shall set apart My great Name, which has been profaned among the gentiles, which you have profaned in their midst. And the gentiles shall know that I am יהוה,” declares the Master יהוה, “when I am set-apart in you before their eyes.
because you trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕ