Numeri 20:13

13 Das ist das Wasser von Meriba, wo die Kinder Israel mit Jehova haderten, und er sich an ihnen heiligte.

Numeri 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.

Numeri 20:13 In-Context

11 Und Mose erhob seine Hand und schlug den Felsen mit seinem Stabe zweimal; da kam viel Wasser heraus, und die Gemeinde trank und ihr Vieh.

12 Da sprach Jehova zu Mose und zu Aaron: Weil ihr mir nicht geglaubt habt, mich vor den Augen der Kinder Israel zu heiligen, deswegen sollt ihr diese Versammlung nicht in das Land bringen, das ich ihnen gegeben habe.

13 Das ist das Wasser von Meriba, wo die Kinder Israel mit Jehova haderten, und er sich an ihnen heiligte.

14 Und Mose sandte Boten aus Kades an den König von Edom: So spricht dein Bruder Israel: Du kennst all das Ungemach, das uns betroffen hat:

15 Unsere Väter zogen nach Ägypten hinab, und wir haben eine lange Zeit in Ägypten gewohnt; und die Ägypter behandelten uns und unsere Väter übel.