⁶ I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.^(A) Strike^(B) the rock, and water^(C) will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

⁸ “Take the staff,^(A) and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water.^(B) You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

⁹ So Moses took the staff^(C) from the Lord’s presence,^(D) just as he commanded him. ¹⁰ He and Aaron gathered the assembly together^(E) in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”^{(F) 11} Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water^(G) gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

⁶ Then the Lord sent venomous snakes^(A) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.^{(B) 7} The people came to Moses^(C) and said, “We sinned^(D) when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord^(E) will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed^(F) for the people.

⁸ The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole;^(G) anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” ⁹ So Moses made a bronze snake^(H) and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.^(I)