9So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. 10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” 11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
12But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
Problems
I see three problems in this text.
- Moses was told to speak to the rock but instead he spoke in frustration to the Israelites.
- He was supposed to take the staff (rod) with him but instead he used the staff and stuck the rock twice.
- “must we bring you water out of this rock?” We? Moses implied the Lord and Moses would bring the water 💦 out of the rock.
I would of handled this problem differently, I would have broken the staff over the rock 🪨 or started beating sense in the Israelites with it! Frankly I don’t understand how Moses lasted this long with these people!
Could you have handled this problem any differently?
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