Numbers 20: 8:
The Lord said to Moses, "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water..."
It is important that you note the verb, "Speak". My NAB Bible uses the verb, "Command." Note that both are telling Moses to talk. But what does Moses do?
Numbers 20: 9-11:
So Moses took the staff from the Lord's presence, just as He commanded him. He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, "Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?" Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
See. This is what Pax Christi keeps telling us. God is peace, even the Old Testament God. God told Moses to "speak" not "hit" the rock.
Moses couldn't enter the promised land because he acted violently, not once, but twice. He didn't obey God.
How many of us don't speak to express our feeling? We hit!
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