BaMidbar 20:13

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13 הֵמָּה מֵי מְרִיבָה אֲשֶׁר־רָבוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־יְהוָה וַיִּקָּדֵשׁ בָּם׃ ס


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 13. For even the truths of the Word under such influence seem to intensify temptation, and not to remove it, by a state of continual contention and strife, while yet it is the evil of the natural man, which causes the temptation by opposing Divine Good; and it is the Lord Himself who really delivers man, and brings the Natural into harmony with the Spiritual.