Numbers 20:4-11

⁴Why have you brought the Lord's people into this desert just so we and our livestock can die here?

⁵Why did you lead us out of Egypt to come to this awful place? Nothing grows here—no grain or figs or vines or pomegranates. And there's no water to drink!”

⁶Moses and Aaron left the people and went to entrance of the Tent of Meeting. There they fell facedown on the ground, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

⁷The Lord told Moses,

⁸“Take the walking stick and have the people gather around you. As they watch, you and your brother Aaron will order the rock and it will pour out water. You will bring water from the rock so the people and their livestock can drink.”

⁹Moses picked up the walking stick that was kept in the Lord's presence, as he had been ordered.

¹⁰Moses and Aaron had everyone gather in front of the rock. Moses said to them, “Listen, you bunch of rebels! Do we have to bring water out of this rock for you?”

¹¹Then Moses picked up the walking stick and hit the rock twice. Streams of water gushed out so that the people and their livestock could drink.