because ye brake faith with me So Driver. The phrase is chiefly found in P, Ez. and Chron. The judgement on Moses is explained not as in Deut. by the sin of the people, but by that of Aaron and Moses himself. See above, Further Note to Ch. Deuteronomy 1:36-38.

in the midst Heb. betok, P's synonym for the bekě́rĕbof Deut.

the waters of Meribah of Kadesh As elsewhere in P, Numbers 27:14; cp. Numbers 20:13; Numbers 20:24; Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28; Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalms 81:7 (8), Psalms 106:32.

wilderness of Zin Heb. Ṣin, only in P, Numbers 13:21, etc. See above, introd. to ch. Deuteronomy 2:1-8.

sanctified me Cp. P, Numbers 20:12; Numbers 27:14. Notice the play upon the name Ḳadesh.

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