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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.
02 And there was no water for the
congregation: and they gathered themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron.
03 And the people chode with Moses, and
spake, saying, Would God that we had died when
our brethren died before the Lord!
04 And why have ye brought up the
congregation of the Lord into this wilderness,
that we and our cattle should die there?
05 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.
06 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.
07 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
08 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.
09 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:
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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 anything 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.
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