John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel." — Deuteronomy 32:51 (ASV)
Because you 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) (27:14) :
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 20:1Numbers 20:13) ;
because you 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) (27:12-14) .