So Moses gathered the people together. But before he made the water come out, he scolded them for being such a bunch of rebels. Then he lifted up his hand, struck the rock twice, and water came gushing out.

All the people drank their fill and watered their livestock. Then God spoke to Moses again, but He was blazing mad now.

“Moses, you are a bad man!” God said angrily.

"Oh, I'm terribly sorry," said Moses a little puzzled. "Em...what was it I did exactly?" he inquired rather sheepishly.

“You didn’t honor me as holy in front of the people," God replied. "You've had it now.”

"Oh?" Moses said, a getting worried. "Well, I, I, suppose, if you say so." Moses said still perplexed . "So what's my punishment going to be, Lord?” he said with a bit of a cringe.

“You will never get to see the Promised Land, which you waited 40 years to see. Instead, you will die in the desert.”

“Rats!” thought Moses.

“And as for that brother of yours,” God went on.

“There’s more?” said Moses

“Yes,” said God. “Aaron will not be allowed to see the Promised Land either. In fact, I'm going to kill him soon.”

"Oh," Moses said, somewhat shocked. "Well, I guess I'll go tell him the bad news."

"Yes, you just go and do that," said God, still very agitated.

"Ok, well bye for now God," Moses said, "Love you."

So with the bad news, Moses gathered up the people and they headed out towards Edom.

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