40 Day Adventure – Day 5

₁In the first month the whole community of Israel came to the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

₂There was no water where they camped, so the people gathered round Moses and Aaron ₃and complained: “It would have been better if we had died in front of the LORD's Tent along with our fellow-Israelites. ₄Why have you brought us out into this wilderness? Just so that we can die here with our animals? ₅Why did you bring us out of Egypt into this miserable place where nothing will grow? There's no corn, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates. There is not even any water to drink!” ₆Moses and Aaron moved away from the people and stood at the entrance of the Tent. They bowed down with their faces to the ground, and the dazzling light of the LORD's presence appeared to them.

₇The LORD said to Moses, ₈“Take the stick that is in front of the Covenant Box, and then you and Aaron assemble the whole community. There in front of them all speak to that rock over there, and water will gush out of it. In this way you will bring water out of the rock for the people, for them and their animals to drink.” ₉Moses went and got the stick, as the LORD had commanded.

₁₀He and Aaron assembled the whole community in front of the rock, and Moses said, “Listen, you rebels! Do we have to get water out of this rock for you?” ₁₁Then Moses raised the stick and struck the rock twice with it, and a great stream of water gushed out, and all the people and animals drank.

₁₂But the LORD reprimanded Moses and Aaron. He said, “Because you did not have enough faith to acknowledge my holy power before the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land that I promised to give them.”

₁₃This happened at Meribah, where the people of Israel complained against the LORD and where he showed them that he was holy.

₁Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance. ₂She went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!”

₃Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb. ₄The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first. ₅He bent over and saw the linen wrappings, but he did not go in. ₆Behind him came Simon Peter, and he went straight into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there ₇and the cloth which had been round Jesus' head. It was not lying with the linen wrappings but was rolled up by itself. ₈Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed. ₉(They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.) ₁₀Then the disciples went back home.