Numbers 20:8-14
1599 Geneva Bible
8 Take the [a]rod, and gather thou and thy brother Aaron the Congregation together, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the Congregation and the beasts drink.
9 Then Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he had commanded him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the Congregation together before the rock: and Moses said unto them, Hear now ye rebels: [b]shall we bring you water out of this rock?
11 Then Moses lift up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice, and the water came out abundantly: so the Congregation, and their beasts drank.
12 ¶ Again, the Lord spake unto Moses, and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to [c]sanctify me in the presence of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this Congregation into the land which I have given them.
13 This is the water of [d]Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he [e]was sanctified in them.
14 ¶ Then Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of [f]Edom, saying, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that we have had,
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Numbers 20:8 Wherewith thou diddest miracles in Egypt, and didst divide the sea.
- Numbers 20:10 The punishment which followed hereof, declared that Moses and Aaron believed not the Lord’s promise, as appeareth, verse 12.
- Numbers 20:12 That the children of Israel should believe, and acknowledge my power, and so honor me.
- Numbers 20:13 Or, strife and contention, Num. 27:14.
- Numbers 20:13 By showing himself almighty and maintaining his glory.
- Numbers 20:14 Because Jacob or Israel was Esau’s brother, who was called Edom.
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