“And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.”
These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and by which the LORD showed his holiness — Meribah means 'quarrel' or 'contention'; the place name memorializes both the people's rebellion and the LORD's response. The paradox: the people's contention with the LORD (and with Moses) becomes the occasion for God's holiness to be manifested, yet through judgment rather than vindication. The waters that saved the people also condemned their leaders.
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