Verse 51
Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel ,.... By their unbelief, doubting whether God would give water or no to such a rebellious people, and by giving way to passion and wrathful expressions: and this was done
at the waters of Meribahkadesh ; so called, to distinguish it from another Meribah, where also there was a contention on account of water, Numbers 20:13 ,
in the wilderness of Zin ; where Kadesh was, and further describes and distinguishes this place; of the one we read in Exodus 17:7 ; and of the other, which is here referred to, in Numbers 20:1 ,
because ye sanctified me not in, the midst of the children of Israel ; through their unbelief and disagreeable behaviour, they sanctified him not themselves, and gave no honour to him, nor were the cause of his being sanctified by the Israelites; and this was the reason why Moses and Aaron might not enter into the land of Canaan, Numbers 20:12 .
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