NU-20:1 Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole
congregation, into
the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in
Kadesh; and
Miriam died there, and was buried there.
NU-20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they
gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
NU-20:3 And the people chided with Moses, and spake, saying,
Would God that
we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
NU-20:4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD
into this
wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
NU-20:5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt,
to bring us in
unto this evil place? it [is] no place of seed, or of figs, or
of vines, or of
pomegranates; neither [is] there any water to drink.
NU-20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the
assembly unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon
their faces:
and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
NU-20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NU-20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together,
thou, and Aaron
thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and
it shall give
forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of
the rock: so
thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
NU-20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he
commanded him.
NU-20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together
before the
rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch
you water out
of this rock?
NU-20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he
smote the rock
twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation
drank, and
their beasts [also].
NU-20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye
believed me not,
to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore
ye shall not
bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
NU-20:13 This [is] the water of Meribah, because the children
of Israel
strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
NU-20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of
Edom, Thus
saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath
befallen us:
NU-20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have
dwelt in Egypt a
long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
NU-20:16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice,
and sent an
angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we
[are] in
Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
NU-20:17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will
not pass
through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we
drink [of] the
water of the wells: we will go by the king's [high] way, we will
not turn to
the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
NU-20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me,
lest I come out
against thee with the sword.
NU-20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go
by the high
way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay
for it: I will
only, without [doing] any thing [else], go through on my feet.
NU-20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came
out against
him with much people, and with a strong hand.
NU-20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his
border:
wherefore Israel turned away from him.
NU-20:22 And the children of Israel, [even] the whole
congregation, journeyed
from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
NU-20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor,
by the coast
of the land of Edom, saying,
NU-20:24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall
not enter into
the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because
ye rebelled
against my word at the water of Meribah.
NU-20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto
mount Hor:
NU-20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon
Eleazar his son:
and Aaron shall be gathered [unto his people], and shall die
there.
NU-20:27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up
into mount Hor
in the sight of all the congregation.
NU-20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them
upon Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses
and Eleazar
came down from the mount.
NU-20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead,
they mourned
for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.
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