No water

Numbers, chapter 20:2-13, was about how the Israelites had no water.  They gathered and quarreled against Moses and Aaron.  Why had they brought them into this wilderness to die?  Why did they bring them to this wretched place?  There was no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates.  There was not even any water to drink.  Once again, the Israelites were complaining about their situation.  The response was the same as in Exodus, chapter 17, where Moses got water from a rock.  Then Moses and Aaron again went to the entrance of the meeting tent and fell on their faces.  Yahweh appeared to them and told them to take their staffs, and command the rock before their eyes to yield its water.  Thus, they were able to provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.  Moses did what Yahweh asked him to do.  He got everyone together before the rock, and he said to them, “Listen!  You rebels!  Shall we bring water for you out of this rock?”  Thus, Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff.  The water came out and the congregation with their cattle drank the water.  However, Yahweh was not pleased with Moses and Aaron, because they did not believe that it was possible to make the waters flow from the rock of Meribah.  They did not believe in the holiness of Yahweh.  Thus, this place became known as Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with Yahweh.  Yahweh punished Moses and Aaron because they had not acknowledged the holiness of Yahweh.  They were not going to bring the Israelites into the Promised Land.  Besides, if it took forty years in the desert, they would have been over 120 years old when they arrived.  How long would you like to live?