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These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. The water of contradiction or strife. Hebrew Meribah. Challoner.—Sanctified: he shewed the effects of his power and clemency towards the people, and he treated his ministers with a just severity. The Samaritan copy here inserts what we read in Deuteronomy, only it places the speech of Moses in an historical form. “The Moses said, Lord, and so forth (Calmet. 3:24–28.) Moreover, the Lord said to Moses, you shall pass by,” and so forth Calmet. 2:4–6.
“Meribah” means “quarreling”.
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