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1The children of Israel , even the whole congregation , came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month . The people stayed in Kadesh . Miriam died there , and was buried there .
2There was no water for the congregation ; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3The people quarrelled with Moses , and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD !
4Why have you brought the LORD ’s assembly into this wilderness , that we should die there , we and our animals?
5Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt , to bring us in to 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 .”
6Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting , and fell on their faces . The LORD ’s glory appeared to them .
7The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,
8“Take the rod , and assemble the congregation , you , and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes , that it pour out its water . You shall bring water to them out of the rock ; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink .”
9Moses took the rod from before the LORD , as he commanded him .
10Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock , and he said to them , “Hear now , you rebels ! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you ?”
11Moses lifted up his hand , and struck the rock with his rod twice , and water came out abundantly . The congregation and their livestock drank .
12The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me , to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel , therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them .”
13These are the waters of Meribah ; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD , and he was sanctified in them .[#20:13 “Meribah” means “quarrelling”.]
14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying:
“Your brother Israel says : You know all the travail that has happened to us ;
15how our fathers went down into Egypt , and we lived in Egypt a long time . The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.
16When we cried to the LORD , he heard our voice , sent an angel , and brought us out of Egypt . Behold , we are in Kadesh , a city in the edge of your border .
17“Please let us pass through your land . We will not pass through field or through vineyard , neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king ’s highway . We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left , until we have passed your border .”
18Edom said to him , “You shall not pass through me , lest I come out with the sword against you .”
19The children of Israel said to him , “We will go up by the highway ; and if we drink your water , I and my livestock , then I will give its price . Only let me , without doing anything else, pass through on my feet .”
20He said , “You shall not pass through .” Edom came out against him with many people , and with a strong hand .
21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border , so Israel turned away from him .
22They travelled from Kadesh , and the children of Israel , even the whole congregation , came to Mount Hor .
23The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor , by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
24“Aaron shall be gathered to his people ; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel , because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah .
25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son , and bring them up to Mount Hor ;
26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son . Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there .”
27Moses did as the LORD commanded . They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation .
28Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son . Aaron died there on the top of the mountain , and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain .
29When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead , they wept for Aaron thirty days , even all the house of Israel .