Moses strikes the rock (Numbers 20:11) instead of speaking to the rock, as God had commanded (Numbers 20:8). Water comes out of the rock; so the people can drink. But God's judgment against Moses (Numbers 20:122) is that Moses lacked trust and that Moses did not honor God as holy. As a consequence Moses will not lead the people into the land God gives.
To this point in the reading everyone in the community has proved to be willful and disobedient somehow. Now Moses fails to follow the specific instructions given to him. So all of the people, I suppose, are flawed.
I am flawed, too.
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