Numbers 20:1-8

1The entire Israelite community entered the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and they settled in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.

2There was no water for the community, so they assembled against Moses and Aaron.

3The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.

4Why have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?

5Why have you led us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It’s not a place of grain, figs, vines, and pomegranates, and there is no water to drink!”

6Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

7The Lord spoke to Moses,

8“Take the staff and assemble the community. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will yield its water. You will bring out water for them from the rock and provide drink for the community and their livestock.”