Numbers 20:13
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.”Numbers 20:13
What Does Numbers 20:13 Mean?
Numbers 20:13 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 20, verse 13 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wilderness.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Numbers 20:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 95:8“Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:”Deuteronomy 6:16“Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.”Psalms 81:7“Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.”Exodus 17:7“And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?”Deuteronomy 33:8“And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;”Deuteronomy 32:51“Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.”Psalms 106:32“They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:”Ezekiel 47:19“And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.”Isaiah 5:16“But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.”Ezekiel 20:41“I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.”Ezekiel 36:23“And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.”Ezekiel 38:16“And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.”Ezekiel 48:28“And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.”
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