Números 20:13

13 Estas são as águas de Meribá, porque ali os filhos de Israel contenderam com o Senhor, que neles se santificou.

Números 20:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 20:13

This is the water of Meribah
Or "strife": this is the name by which the water had in this place, and from this rock, was called; and which is the same name given to the place at Horeb, where a rock had been smitten, and water had flowed, as now, the first year they came out of Egypt; and to distinguish this from that, this is sometimes called Meribah-Kadesh, ( Deuteronomy 32:51 ) , this being at Kadesh, as that was at Rephidim:

because the children of Israel strove with the Lord:
for their chiding and striving with Moses was interpretatively striving with the Lord himself, whose ministers and servants they were:

and he was sanctified in them;
that is, the glory of his divine perfections was displayed in them; either in the waters fetched out of the rock, which was a proof of the almighty power of God, and of his truth and faithfulness to his promises; or in the children of Israel, in whose sight, and for whose sake this miracle was wrought: the Targum of Jonathan expressly says, in Moses and Aaron, in not sparing these his saints, but expressing severity towards them for their sin; so Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it.

Números 20:13 In-Context

11 Então Moisés levantou a mão, e feriu a rocha duas vezes com a sua vara, e saiu água copiosamente, e a congregação bebeu, e os seus animais.

12 Pelo que o Senhor disse a Moisés e a Arão: Porquanto não me crestes a mim, para me santificardes diante dos filhos de Israel, por isso não introduzireis esta congregação na terra que lhes dei.

13 Estas são as águas de Meribá, porque ali os filhos de Israel contenderam com o Senhor, que neles se santificou.

14 De Cades, Moisés enviou mensageiros ao rei de Edom, dizendo: Assim diz teu irmão Israel: Tu sabes todo o trabalho que nos tem sobrevindo;

15 como nossos pais desceram ao Egito, e nós no Egito habitamos muito tempo; e como os egípcios nos maltrataram, a nós e a nossos pais;