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
And of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim [are] for {your faithful one}, {whom you tested at Massah}; you contended [with] him at the waters of Meribah.
Psalm 95:8
"Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Psalm 106:32
They also angered [God] at the waters of Meribah, and it went badly for Moses on account of them,

He was

Isaiah 5:16
But Yahweh of hosts is exalted by justice, and the holy God shows himself holy by righteousness.
Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as {a fragrant incense offering} when I bring you out from the peoples and I gather you from the lands [to] which you were scattered, and I will show myself holy among you before the eyes of the nations.
Ezekiel 36:23
And I will consecrate my great name, which [was] profaned among the nations [and] which you have profaned in the midst of them, and the nations will know that I [am] Yahweh!" ' declaration of the Lord Yahweh, {when I show myself holy} {before} their eyes.
Ezekiel 38:16
and you will advance against my people Israel like a cloud {covering} the land; it will be in the last days, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations know me, {when I show myself holy through you} before their eyes, O Gog!" '