Numbers 20:2-13
2 aThere was no water for the congregation, band they assembled against Moses and Aaron. 3 cThen the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying, “ dIf only we had perished ewhen our brothers perished before the Lord! 4 fWhy then have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die ▼▼Lit there
here? 5Why did you make us come up from Egypt, to bring us into this wretched place? hIt is not a place of ▼▼Lit seed
grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink!” 6Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and jfell on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them; 7then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, The Waters of Meribah
8 “Take kthe staff; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it shall yield its water. So you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and have the congregation and their livestock drink.”9 So Moses took the staff lfrom before the Lord, just as He had commanded him; 10and Moses and Aaron summoned the assembly in front of the rock. And he said to them, “ mListen now, you rebels; shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff; and nwater came out abundantly, and the congregation and their livestock drank. 12But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “ oSince you did not trust in Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, for that reason you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” 13Those were called the waters of ▼
▼I.e., contention
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qMeribah, ▼▼Or where
because the sons of Israel argued with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them.
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