Numbers 20:13 - The Scriptures 2009

¹³ These were the waters of Meriḇah, because the children of Yisra’ĕl contended with יהוה, and He was set apart among them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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

¹³ 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)

¹³ These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.

Common English Bible

¹³ 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

¹³ This is the Water of Contradiction, where the sons of Israel were quarreling against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

Numbers 20:13 Cross References

Psalm 95:8

“Do not harden your hearts as in Meriḇah, And as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Exodus 17:7

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meriḇah, because of the ‘strife’ of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and because they ‘tried’ יהוה, saying, “Is יהוה in our midst or not?”

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Lĕwi he said, “Your Tummim and your Urim belong to your lovingly-commited One, Whom you tried at Massah, with Whom you contended at the waters of Meriḇah,

Deuteronomy 32:51

because you trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl at the waters of Meriḇah Qaḏĕsh, in the Wilderness of Tsin, because you did not set Me apart in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl.

Ezekiel 38:16

“And you shall come up against My people Yisra’ĕl like a cloud, to cover the land – in the latter days it shall be. And I shall bring you against My land, in order that the nations know Me, when I am set apart in you, O Goḡ, before their eyes.”

Ezekiel 36:23

“And I shall set apart My great Name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. And the nations shall know that I am יהוה,” declares the Master יהוה, “when I am set-apart in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 20:41

“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 nations.

Isaiah 5:16

But יהוה of hosts is exalted in judgment, and the set-apart Ěl is set-apart in righteousness.

Psalm 81:7

“You called in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you in the covering of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meriḇah. Selah.

Psalm 81:8

Hear, O My people, and let Me warn you, O Yisra’ĕl, if you would listen to Me!”