³⁷ Because of you the Lord became angry^(A) with me also and said, “You shall not enter^(B) it, either.

² Now there was no water^(A) for the community,^(B) and the people gathered in opposition^(C) to Moses and Aaron. ³ They quarreled^(D) with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead^(E) before the Lord!^{(F) 4} Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness,^(G) that we and our livestock should die here?^{(H) 5} Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates.^(I) And there is no water to drink!^(J)”

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

⁹ So Moses took the staff^(P) from the Lord’s presence,^(Q) just as he commanded him. ¹⁰ He and Aaron gathered the assembly together^(R) in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”^{(S) 11} Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water^(T) 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^(U) in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”^(V)

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

²¹ The Lord was angry with me^(A) because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance.

²⁶ But because of you the Lord was angry^(A) with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.

¹³ After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people,^(A) as your brother Aaron^(B) was, ¹⁴ for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin,^(C) both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy^(D) before their eyes.” (These were the waters of Meribah^(E) Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.)

²³ At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom,^(A) the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ²⁴ “Aaron will be gathered to his people.^(B) He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command^(C) at the waters of Meribah.^(D)