Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

Bible References

The water

Deuteronomy 33:8
Of Levi he said,
“Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man,
Whom You proved at Massah,
With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
Psalm 95:8
Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Psalm 106:32
They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

He was

Isaiah 5:16
But the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
Ezekiel 20:41
As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations.
Ezekiel 36:23
I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.
Ezekiel 38:16
and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.”