Numbers 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.
2. And there was no water for the congregation:and they gathered * themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3. And the people chode * with Moses, and spake * , saying * , Would God that we had died * when our brethren died * before the LORD !
4. And why have ye brought up * the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die * there?
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 * .
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.
7. And the LORD spake * unto Moses,saying * ,
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 * .
9. And Moses took * the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded * him.
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?
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.
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.
13. This is the water of Meribah;because the children of Israel strove * with the LORD, and he was sanctified * in them.
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:
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:
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:
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.
18. And Edom said * unto him, Thou shalt not pass * by me, lest I come out * against * thee with the sword.
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.
20. And he said * , Thou shalt not go through * . And Edom came out * against * him with much people, and with a strong hand.
21. Thus Edom refused * to give * Israel passage * through his border: wherefore Israel turned away * from him.
22. And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed * from Kadesh, and came * unto mount Hor.
23. And the LORD spake * unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying * ,
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.
25. Take * Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up * unto mount Hor:
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.
27. And Moses did * as the LORD commanded * : and they went up * into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
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.
29. And when all the congregation saw * that Aaron was dead * , they mourned * for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
