Numbers 20:13
What does Numbers 20:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 20:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862These <FI>are<Fi> waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have `striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.
Context
v.12And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
v.13This passage
v.14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
- Ezekiel 20:41
As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
- Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
- Ezekiel 36:23
And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- Deuteronomy 32:51
because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
- Psalms 106:32
They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
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