Numbers 20:13

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These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he showed himself holy among them.

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  • Ps 95:8 : 8 do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
  • Exod 17:7 : 7 And he named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"
  • Deut 33:8 : 8 Of Levi he said: 'Your Thummim and Urim belong to Your faithful one, whom You tested at Massah and contended with at the waters of Meribah.
  • Deut 32:51 : 51 This is because you acted unfaithfully toward Me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not honor Me as holy among the Israelites.
  • Ps 106:32-48 : 32 By the waters of Meribah, they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them; 33 for they rebelled against His Spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips. 34 They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, 35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their ways. 36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. 39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds. 40 Therefore, the LORD's anger burned against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance. 41 He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their power. 43 Many times He delivered them, but they were rebellious in their plans and sank into their iniquity. 44 Yet He saw their distress when He heard their cry. 45 He remembered His covenant with them and relented according to the abundance of His lovingkindness. 46 He caused them to be treated with compassion by all who held them captive. 47 Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, so that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, 'Amen!' Praise the LORD!
  • Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted through justice, and the Holy God will show Himself holy through righteousness.
  • Ezek 20:41 : 41 With a pleasing aroma, I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you were scattered. And I will show my holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
  • Ezek 36:23 : 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have defiled among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I prove myself holy through you in their sight.
  • Ezek 38:16 : 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may know me, as I show myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 17:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    6The LORD continued, "I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

    7And he named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"

  • Num 27:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    14This is because you rebelled against my command in the Wilderness of Zin, during the assembly’s strife, when you failed to uphold my holiness before their eyes at the waters. These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

  • Deut 32:51
    81%

    51This is because you acted unfaithfully toward Me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not honor Me as holy among the Israelites.

  • Num 20:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10He and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, "Listen now, you rebels! Must we bring water out of this rock for you?"

    11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water came out abundantly, and the community and their livestock drank.

    12But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe me and treat me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I am giving them."

  • Exod 17:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1Then the entire assembly of the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sin, traveling from one place to another as directed by the LORD. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

    2So the people quarreled with Moses, saying, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied to them, "Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"

    3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

  • Ps 106:32
    77%

    32By the waters of Meribah, they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;

  • Num 20:22-24
    3 verses
    76%

    22The Israelites, the entire community, set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

    23At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

    24"Aaron will be gathered to his people. He will not enter the land I am giving to the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.

  • Num 20:2
    74%

    2There was no water for the community, so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

  • Num 21:16
    73%

    16From there they went to Beer. This is the well where the LORD said to Moses, 'Gather the people together, and I will give them water.'

  • Num 20:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    8"Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to the rock in front of them, and it will yield its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community and their livestock to drink."

  • Deut 9:22
    73%

    22You continued to provoke the LORD to anger at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

  • Ps 81:7
    72%

    7I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were freed from the basket.

  • Exod 15:22-24
    3 verses
    72%

    22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went into the Desert of Shur. They traveled for three days in the desert without finding water.

    23When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. That is why the place is called Marah.

    24So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, 'What are we to drink?'

  • Num 14:11
    71%

    11The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

  • Isa 48:21
    71%

    21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow from the rock for them; He split open the rock, and water gushed out.

  • Heb 3:17
    71%

    17And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

  • Num 32:10
    71%

    10So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore, saying:

  • Num 14:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

    27How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, who are murmuring against me.

  • Num 21:14
    71%

    14Therefore, it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: 'Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon.'

  • Exod 30:17
    71%

    17The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Deut 1:34
    71%

    34When the LORD heard what you said, He became angry and swore an oath:

  • Num 14:13
    70%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

  • Neh 9:15
    70%

    15You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them.

  • Deut 3:26
    70%

    26But the LORD was angry with me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, the LORD said to me, ‘That is enough! Do not speak to Me anymore about this matter.’

  • Num 14:22
    70%

    22none of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times,

  • Exod 14:22
    70%

    22The Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

  • Exod 14:1
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Deut 4:21
    70%

    21Furthermore, the LORD was angry with me because of you and swore that I would not cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

  • Exod 14:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move forward.

    16As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, so the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

  • Isa 63:12
    70%

    12who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters before them to gain for himself an everlasting name,

  • Num 20:14
    70%

    14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "This is what your brother Israel says: You know about all the hardship that has come upon us.

  • Exod 13:1
    70%

    1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 14:30
    70%

    30On that day, the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.

  • Ps 114:8
    70%

    8who turned the rock into a pool, the hard stone into a spring of water.

  • Num 14:16
    70%

    16'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.'

  • Exod 16:2
    70%

    2The entire assembly of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.