Question for christians: Why does god refuse to let Moses and Aaron into the land he promised to the descendants of Abraham and Isaac? [Spirituality & Religion]
In Numbers we see that the people are thirsty and god tells Moses to speak some water out of a stone for them.
Moses gathers the people and strikes the stone with his staff and water gushes forth.
God calls this rebellion and says Moses and Aaron will never enter the promised land.
But then in Deuteronomy, Moses says that god was angry with him because of the actions of the isrealites and that's why he was not allowed in.
So what's the deal? Is it because the isrealites lost faith that god punished Moses? Or is it really an inexcusable act of rebellion to produce water from a stone by hitting it instead of speaking to it?
Moses gathers the people and strikes the stone with his staff and water gushes forth.
God calls this rebellion and says Moses and Aaron will never enter the promised land.
But then in Deuteronomy, Moses says that god was angry with him because of the actions of the isrealites and that's why he was not allowed in.
So what's the deal? Is it because the isrealites lost faith that god punished Moses? Or is it really an inexcusable act of rebellion to produce water from a stone by hitting it instead of speaking to it?
