This was because earlier he and Aaron, exasperated by the people’s rebelliousness, “acted undutifully toward [God] in the middle of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah. ”
علّت آن این بود که او و هارون « در میان بنی‌اسرائیل نزد آب مریبا » به خدا خطا کردند .‏