3 And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
4 And why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
5 And why have ye conducted us from Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
7 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
8 Take the rod, and convene thou the assembly, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth its water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give drink to the congregation and their beasts.
9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.