²³ During that long period,^(A) the king of Egypt died.^(B) The Israelites groaned in their slavery^(C) and cried out, and their cry^(D) for help because of their slavery went up to God.

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?”

¹⁶ On the morning of the third day there was thunder^(A) and lightning, with a thick cloud^(B) over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast.^(C) Everyone in the camp trembled.^(D)

¹³ These were the waters of Meribah,^[a](A) where the Israelites quarreled^(B) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.^(C)

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.)