nkjv Numbers:20:1-13 SEEK
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Then the children of Israel ,
the whole congregation ,
came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month ,
and the people stayed in Kadesh ;
and Miriam died there and was buried there .
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Now there was no water for the congregation ;
so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron .
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And the people contended with Moses and spoke ,
saying : "
If only we had died when our brethren died before the LORD !
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Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness ,
that we and our animals should die here ?
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And why have you made us come up out of Egypt ,
to bring us to this evil place ?
It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates ;
nor is there any water to drink ."
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So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting ,
and they fell on their faces .
And the glory of the LORD appeared to them .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying ,
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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 you shall bring water for them out of the rock ,
and give drink to the congregation and their animals ."
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So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him .
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And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock ;
and he said to them , "
Hear now ,
you rebels !
Must we bring water for you out of this rock ?"
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Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod ;
and water came out abundantly ,
and the congregation and their animals drank .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron , "
Because you did not believe Me ,
to 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 ."
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This was the water of Meribah ,
because the children of Israel contended with the LORD ,
and He was hallowed among them .