¹⁴ For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you ^(A)rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the ^(B)waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

^37 (A)The Lord was also angry with me for your sakes, saying, ‘Even you shall not go in there.

⁵¹ because ^(A)you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of ^[a]Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you ^(B)did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel. ^52 (C)Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.”

^8 (A)“Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus ^(B)you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” ⁹ So Moses took the rod ^(C)from before the Lord as He commanded him.

¹⁰ And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, ^(D)“Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” ¹¹ Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; ^(E)and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.

¹² Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because ^(F)you did not believe Me, to ^(G)hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

^13 (H)This was the water of ^[a]Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them.

⁷ So he called the name of the place ^(A)Massah^[a] and ^[b]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they ^[c]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

²⁴ “Aaron shall ^[a]be ^(A)gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah.

Moses’ Error at Kadesh^(A)

20 Then^(B) the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in ^(C)Kadesh; and ^(D)Miriam died there and was buried there.