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Números 20:13

Listen to Números 20:13
13 A estas aguas se les conoce como la fuente de Meribá,[a] porque fue allí donde los israelitas le hicieron reclamaciones al SEÑOR, y donde él manifestó su santidad.

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.

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Números 20:13 In-Context

11 Dicho esto, levantó la mano y dos veces golpeó la roca con la vara, ¡y brotó agua en abundancia, de la cual bebieron la asamblea y su ganado!
12 El SEÑOR les dijo a Moisés y a Aarón: «Por no haber confiado en mí, ni haber reconocido mi santidad en presencia de los israelitas, no serán ustedes los que lleven a esta comunidad a la tierra que les he dado».
13 A estas aguas se les conoce como la fuente de Meribá, porque fue allí donde los israelitas le hicieron reclamaciones al SEÑOR, y donde él manifestó su santidad.
14 Desde Cades, Moisés envío emisarios al rey de Edom, con este mensaje:«Así dice tu hermano Israel: “Tú conoces bien todos los sufrimientos que hemos padecido.
15 Sabes que nuestros antepasados fueron a Egipto, donde durante muchos años vivimos, y que los egipcios nos maltrataron a nosotros y a nuestros padres.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] En hebreo, "Meribá " significa "reclamación" .

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