These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites contended with Yahweh, and he showed himself holy among them.
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11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their livestock drank. 12But Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you shall not bring this assembly into the land I have given them.” 13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites contended with Yahweh, and he showed himself holy among them. 14From Kadesh Moses sent messengers to the king of Edom: “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has come upon us — 15how our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.
