King James Version
Numbers 20:13 in the King James Version says “This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. Meriba...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. Meribah: that is, Strife”
Numbers 20:13 · KJV
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. Meribah: that is, Strife
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: befallen: Heb. found us
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
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who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“strove”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
“because the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“with the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and he was sanctified”
H6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
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