12 ¶ Again, the Lord spake unto Moses, and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to [a]sanctify me in the presence of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this Congregation into the land which I have given them.

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  1. Numbers 20:12 That the children of Israel should believe, and acknowledge my power, and so honor me.

12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy(A) in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”(B)

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13 This is the water of [a]Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he [b]was sanctified in them.

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  1. Numbers 20:13 Or, strife and contention, Num. 27:14.
  2. Numbers 20:13 By showing himself almighty and maintaining his glory.

13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a](A) where the Israelites quarreled(B) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.(C)

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  1. Numbers 20:13 Meribah means quarreling.

14 For ye were (A)disobedient unto my word in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the assembly to sanctify me in the waters before their eyes: (B)That is the water of [a]Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

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  1. Numbers 27:14 Or, strife.

14 for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin,(A) both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy(B) before their eyes.” (These were the waters of Meribah(C) Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.)

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