Again,  if  we  compare  the  present  chapter  with  the  twentieth  of  Numbers,  we
shall  find  a  strikingly  similar  scene  in  the  first  part  of  each  : — the  murmuring  of
the  people  in  their  thirst,  the  name  ' '  Meribah  ' '  given  in  each  case  to  the  place,  the
water  brought  from  the  rock  to  supply  their  thirst ;  aud  while  here  the  conflict
with  Amalek  follows,  in  Numbers  follows  corresponding!}'  a  scene  with  Edom.
