Numbers 20:13

This is the watir of ayenseiyng; there the sones of Israel stryueden ayens the Lord, and he was halewid in hem.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12And the Lord seide to Moises and to Aaron, For ye bileueden not to me, that ye schulden halewe me + 20:12 that ye schulden halewe me, that is, in bileuynge with out doute myn hoolynesse thorou filling of my biheest, and in pronounsinge youre feith with out doute bifor the puple, but ye diden the contrarie, therfor ye schulen not lede, and so forth. bifor the sones of Israel, ye schulen not lede these puples in to the lond which Y schal yyue to hem.

14In the meene tyme Moises sente messangeres fro Cades to the kyng of Edom, whiche seiden, Israel thi brother sendith these thinges. Thou knowist al the trauel that took vs,

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Cross References

Exodus 17:7and he clepide the name of that place Temptacioun, for the chidyng of the sones of Israel, and for thei temptiden the Lord, and seiden, Whether the Lord is in vs, ether nay?

Deuteronomy 33:8Also he seide to Leuy, Thi perfeccioun and thi techyng is of an hooly man, whom thou preuedist in temptacioun, and demedist at the Watris of Ayenseiynge;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:2-14

The Death of Miriam; The Water of Meribah; Moses and Aaron Reproved. ( b. c. 1453.) 1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ! 4 And why… Read the whole commentary →

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