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Numbers 20:11

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And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

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  1. Numbers 20:9

    And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.

  2. Numbers 20:10

    And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

  3. Numbers 20:12

    And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

  4. Numbers 20:13

    This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

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