They were hungry,\par so you gave them food from heaven.\par They were thirsty,\par so you gave them water from a rock.\par And you told them,\par ‘Come, take this land.’\par You used your power,\par and took the land for them!\par
So Moses and Aaron left the crowd of people and went to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [268] They bowed down to the ground, and the Glory of the Lord [269] appeared to them.
“Get the {special} walking stick. Take your brother Aaron and the crowd of people and go to that rock. Speak to the rock in front of the people. Then water will flow from the rock. And you can give that water to the people and to their animals.”
