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 [strife], where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them.
These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites confronted the LORD with controversy and he showed his holiness to them.
This is the Water of Contradiction, where the sons of Israel were quarreling against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord and he was sanctified in them.