~Numbers 20:1 And the children of Israel, even the wholecongregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: andthe people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buriedthere.
~Numbers 20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: andthey assembled themselves together against Moses and againstAaron.
~Numbers 20:3 And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying,Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
~Numbers 20:4 And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovahinto this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
~Numbers 20:5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out ofEgypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or offigs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water todrink.
~Numbers 20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of theassembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon theirfaces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them.
~Numbers 20:7 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 20:8 Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou,and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes,that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them waterout of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattledrink.
~Numbers 20:9 And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as hecommanded him.
~Numbers 20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the assemblytogether before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels;shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?
~Numbers 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rockwith his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and thecongregation drank, and their cattle.
~Numbers 20:12 And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, Becauseye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children ofIsrael, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which Ihave given them.
~Numbers 20:13 These are the waters of Meribah; because thechildren of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
~Numbers 20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto theking of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all thetravail that hath befallen us:
~Numbers 20:15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dweltin Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and ourfathers:
~Numbers 20:16 and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard ourvoice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and,behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.
~Numbers 20:17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we willnot pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink ofthe water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we willnot turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passedthy border.
~Numbers 20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not passthrough me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.
~Numbers 20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will goup by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, thenwill I give the price thereof: let me only, without [doing] anything[else], pass through on my feet.
~Numbers 20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. AndEdom came out against him with much people, and with a stronghand.
~Numbers 20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage throughhis border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
~Numbers 20:22 And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the childrenof Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor.
~Numbers 20:23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in mountHor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
~Numbers 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shallnot enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel,because ye rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
~Numbers 20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them upunto mount Hor;
~Numbers 20:26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them uponEleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered [unto his people], andshall die there.
~Numbers 20:27 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded: and theywent up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
~Numbers 20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and putthem upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of themount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
~Numbers 20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron wasdead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel
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