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The children of Israel ,
even 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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There was no water for the congregation :
and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron .
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The people strove with Moses ,
and spoke ,
saying , "
We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh !
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Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness ,
that we should die there ,
we and our animals ?
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Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt ,
to bring us in to this evil place ?
It is no place of seed ,
or of figs ,
or of vines ,
or of pomegranates ;
neither is there any water to drink ."
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Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting ,
and fell on their faces :
and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them .
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Yahweh spoke to Moses ,
saying ,
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Take the rod ,
and assemble the congregation ,
you ,
and Aaron your brother ,
and speak to the rock before their eyes ,
that it give forth its water ;
and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock ;
so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink ."
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Moses took the rod from before Yahweh ,
as he commanded him .
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Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock ,
and he said to them , "
Hear now ,
you rebels ;
shall we bring you water out of this rock for you ?"
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Moses lifted up his hand ,
and struck the rock with his rod twice :
and water came forth abundantly ,
and the congregation drank ,
and their livestock .
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Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron , "
Because you didn '
t believe in me ,
to sanctify 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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These are the waters of Meribah ;
because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh ,
and he was sanctified in them .