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14 For in the rebellion of the community in the wilderness of Zin you both rebelled against my order to acknowledge my holiness before them by means of the water.(A) (These were the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

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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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The place was named Massah and Meribah,[a] because the Israelites quarreled there and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord in our midst or not?”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 17:7 Massah…Meribah: Hebrew words meaning, respectively, “the place of the test” and “the place of strife, of quarreling.”

And he called the place Massah[a](A) and Meribah[b](B) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:7 Massah means testing.
  2. Exodus 17:7 Meribah means quarreling.