Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at (A)Horeb; and (B)you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. He named the place [a](C)Massah and [b](D)Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they (E)tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”

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  1. Exodus 17:7 I.e. test
  2. Exodus 17:7 I.e. quarrel

13 Those were the waters of [a](A)Meribah, [b]because the sons of Israel contended with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them.

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  1. Numbers 20:13 I.e. contention
  2. Numbers 20:13 Or where

Do not harden your hearts, as at [a](A)Meribah,
As in the day of [b](B)Massah in the wilderness,

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  1. Psalm 95:8 Or place of strife
  2. Psalm 95:8 Or temptation