This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
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Gill's Exposition
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom,.... This country was sometimes governed by kings, and sometimes by "dukes", see Gen 36:14. At the time of the passage of the Israelites…
Barnes' Notes
The water of Meribah - i. e. “Strife.” The place is called “Meribah in Kadesh” Num 27:14, and “Meribah-Kadesh” Deu 32:51. to distinguish it from the “Meribah” of Exo 17:2 ff. And he was sanctified in…
After thirty-eight years' tedious marches, or rather tedious rests, in the wilderness, backward towards the Red Sea, the armies of Israel now at length set their faces towards Canaan again, and had…
Cambridge Bible
he was sanctified in them The verb is from the same root as that of Kadesh (-sacred"), and there is perhaps an intentional play on the name. The expression means -he proved, or vindicated, himself as…
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