MANNAFEST

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

NumbersIsrael on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author
Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date
The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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