Why<n id="1" /> have you brought us up from Egypt only to bring us to<n id="2" /> this dreadful place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink!&#8221;p>

Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.p>

Then the Israelites said to him, &#8220;We will go along the highway, and if we<n id="1" /> or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.&#8221;p>

And the people spoke against God and against Moses, &#8220;Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we<n id="1" /> detest this worthless<n id="2" /> food.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">And from there they traveled<n id="1" /> to Beer;<n id="2" /> that is the well where the <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Moses, &#8220;Gather the people and I will give them water.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Let us<n id="1" /> pass through your land;<n id="2" /> we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King&#8217;s Highway until we pass your borders.&#8221;

They traveled from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there are twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.p>

Then the priest will have the woman stand before the <sc>Lordsc>, uncover the woman&#8217;s head, and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.<n id="1" />

Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to the her, &#8220;If no other<n id="1" /> man has had sexual relations with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband&#8217;s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Then a man who is ceremonially clean must gather up the ashes of the red heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept<n id="1" /> for the community of the Israelites for use in the water of purification<n id="2" /> &#8211; it is a purification for sin.<n id="3" />

Anyone who touches the corpse of any dead person and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the <sc>Lordsc>. And that person must be cut off from Israel,<n id="1" /> because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.p>

Then a ceremonially clean person must take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all its furnishings, and on the people who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, or one killed, or one who died, or a grave.

But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person must be cut off from among the community, because he has polluted the sanctuary of the <sc>Lordsc>; the water of purification was not sprinkled on him, so he is unclean.p>

Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them, &#8220;Listen, you rebels,<n id="1" /> must we bring<n id="2" /> water out of this rock for you?&#8221;

Please let us pass through<n id="1" /> your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King&#8217;s Highway;<n id="2" /> we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

&#8220;Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors,<n id="1" /> for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you<n id="2" /> rebelled against my word<n id="3" /> at the waters of Meribah.