Instead, he directed Moses to do three things: take his rod, gather the people, and “speak to the crag before their eyes that it [might] indeed give its water. ”
لم يقدم يهوه على ابادة المتمردين ،‏ بل امر موسى ان يقوم بثلاث خطوات :‏ يأخذ عصاه ،‏ يجمع الشعب ،‏ و ‹ يكلم الصخرة امام عيونهم ان تعطي ماءها › .‏