And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee {for} an inheritance:

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. {Meribah: or, Strife}

But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, {and} grieve him in the desert! {provoke: or, rebel against}

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee {for} an inheritance:

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? {Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?}

For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that {is} the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

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?

This {is} the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. {Meribah: that is, Strife}

(Now the man Moses {was} very meek, above all the men which {were} upon the face of the earth.)

Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, {even} unto this very day. {nation: Heb. nations}

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar {unto} the waters of strife {in} Kadesh, {and} to the river toward the great sea. {strife...: or, Meribahkadesh}

To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust {him} from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;