7. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
8. Take the rod, and gather the assembly together, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will give its water, and you will bring out to them water from the rock; so you will give the assembly and their livestock drink.
9. So Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as He commanded him.
10. Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels. Will we bring out water from this rock for you?”
11. And Moses lifted up his hand, and he struck the rock twice with his rod, and plenty of water came out, and the assembly drank, and their livestock.
12. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you will not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
13. This is the water of Meribah because the children of Israel argued with the Lord, and He was sanctified among them.
14. Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom,“Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has found us,
15. how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians distressed us and our fathers.
16. And when we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt.“And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
17. Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through the fields or the vineyards, or drink of the water of the wells. We will travel the king’s highway. We will not turn to the right hand nor the left, until we have passed through your territory.”
18. Edom said to him,“You will not pass through me, lest with the sword I come out against you.”
19. The children of Israel said to him,“We will travel the highway, and if we and our livestock drink of your water, then we will pay for it. I will only go through on my feet without doing anything else.”
20. He said,“You will not go through.”And Edom came out against them with many people and with a strong hand.