13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.


In Context

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

11 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. ]

12 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.

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

14 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:

15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

Numbers 20:13 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord and where he showed himself holy among them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:13This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13These are waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have 'striven' with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.