NUMBERS—NOTE ON Numbers 20:2 Even though Moses’ error seems minor, v. Numbers 20:12 indicates that carelessness in responding to God’s command was the real issue: Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people. As the mediators of God’s laws to Israel, Moses and Aaron had to be exemplary in their obedience. Their failure to follow God’s instruction exactly kept them from entering Canaan. Meribah means “quarreling.”

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