But they said, “We cannot [leave] until all the flocks are gathered together, and the shepherds roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we will water the sheep.”

and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels; must we bring you water out of this rock?”

Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and murmur,
And He will hear my voice.

You water its furrows abundantly,
You smooth its ridges;
You soften it with showers,
You bless its growth.

“I, the Lord, am its Keeper;
I water it every moment.
So that no one will harm it,
I guard it night and day.