Numbers 20:14

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

Key Reflection

The verse indicates that through the contentious event at Meribah, where the people disputed with God over water, God was sanctified or glorified. This moment highlights how divine intervention and deliverance can lead to a reaffirmation of God's holiness and sovereignty in the face of Israel's rebelliousness.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Compare the marginal reference. It appears from comparingNumbers 20:1withNumbers 33:38, that the host must have remained in Kadesh some three or four months. No doubt time was required for re-organization. In order to gain the banks of Jordan by the shortest route they had to march nearly due east from Kadesh, and pass through the heart of the Edomite mountains. These are lofty and precipitous, traversed by two or three narrow defiles. Hence, the necessity of the request inNumbers 20:17. Thy brother -An appeal to the Edomites to remember and renew the old kindnesses of Jacob and EsauGenesis 33:1-17.

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