Numbers 20:1-8

1In the first month, the Israelites came to the Zin desert. They put up their tents at Kadesh. Miriam died there and the people buried her.

2The people did not have any water to drink. They complained to Moses and Aaron.

3They said to Moses, ‘We would rather be dead! When the Lord killed our brothers, he should have killed us too.

4We are the Lord's people. Have you brought us and our animals here to die?

5You should not have brought us to this very bad place. When we were in Egypt, we had grain, figs, grapes and pomegranates. There is no food like that here! And there is no water to drink!’

6Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of Meeting. They threw themselves down with their faces towards the ground. The glory of the Lord appeared to them.

7The Lord said to Moses,

8‘Get the stick. Take your brother Aaron with you and go to the whole group of the Israelites. Then speak to that rock that you can all see. Water will pour out from it. Then the people and their animals can drink it.’