¹⁴ for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin,^(A) both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy^(B) before their eyes.” (These were the waters of Meribah^(C) Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.)

⁷ And he called the place Massah^[a](A) and Meribah^[b](B) because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

⁵¹ This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh^(A) in the Desert of Zin^(B) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.^(C)

⁸ About Levi^(A) he said: