(A)Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and 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.

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So he called the name of the place (A)Massah[a] and [b]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they [c]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
  2. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
  3. Exodus 17:7 tested

13 (A)This was the water of [a]Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:13 Lit. Contention

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