Numbers 20:3-13

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³ They quarreled^(A) with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead^(B) before the Lord!^{(C) 4} Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness,^(D) that we and our livestock should die here?^{(E) 5} Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates.^(F) And there is no water to drink!^(G)”

⁶ Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting^(H) and fell facedown,^(I) and the glory of the Lord^(J) appeared to them. ⁷ The Lord said to Moses, ⁸ “Take the staff,^(K) and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water.^(L) You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

⁹ So Moses took the staff^(M) from the Lord’s presence,^(N) just as he commanded him. ¹⁰ He and Aaron gathered the assembly together^(O) in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”^{(P) 11} Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water^(Q) gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

¹² But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy^(R) in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”^(S)

¹³ These were the waters of Meribah,^[a](T) where the Israelites quarreled^(U) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.^(V)