Old TestamentThe Pentateuch |
What did the Israelites complain about this time? |
They complained about the scarcity of water. They still doubted God’s ability—and his promise!—to provide for them. This time, Moses and Aaron doubted, too, because God delivered this fateful line: “Because you did not trust in me, to show my holiness before the eyes of the Israelites, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” (NRSV, Numbers 20:12)