1. And the children of Yisra’ĕl, all the congregation, came into the Wilderness of Tsin in the first month, and the people stayed in Qaḏĕsh. And Miryam died there and was buried there.
2. Now there was no water for the congregation and they assembled against Mosheh and against Aharon.
3. And the people contended with Mosheh and spoke, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before יהוה!
4. “Why have you brought up the assembly of יהוה into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here?
5. “And why have you brought us up out of Mitsrayim, to bring us to this evil place? – not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.”
6. Then Mosheh and Aharon went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and they fell on their faces. And the esteem of יהוה appeared to them.
7. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
8. “Take the rod and assemble the congregation, you and your brother Aharon. And you shall speak to the rock before their eyes, and it shall give its water. And you shall bring water for them out of the rock and give drink to the congregation and their livestock.”