20Numbers 20

1Then 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.Select Numbers 20:1

2And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves against Moses and against Aaron.Select Numbers 20:2

3And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!Select Numbers 20:3

4And why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?Select Numbers 20:4

5And why have ye conducted us from Egypt, to bring us 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.Select Numbers 20:5

6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.Select Numbers 20:6

7And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,Select Numbers 20:7

8Take the rod, and convene thou the assembly, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth its water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give drink to the congregation and their beasts.Select Numbers 20:8

9And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.Select Numbers 20:9

10And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?Select Numbers 20:10

11And Moses lifted 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].Select Numbers 20:11

12And the LORD spoke to 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.Select Numbers 20:12

13This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.Select Numbers 20:13

14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:Select Numbers 20:14

15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians afflicted us, and our fathers:Select Numbers 20:15

16And when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth from Egypt: and behold, we [are] in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:Select Numbers 20:16

17Let 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.Select Numbers 20:17

18And Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.Select Numbers 20:18

19And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the highway: 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.Select Numbers 20:19

20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.Select Numbers 20:20

21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.Select Numbers 20:21

22And the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came to mount Hor.Select Numbers 20:22

23And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,Select Numbers 20:23

24Aaron shall be gathered to his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.Select Numbers 20:24

25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor:Select Numbers 20:25

26And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered [to his people], and shall die there.Select Numbers 20:26

27And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they ascended mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.Select Numbers 20:27

28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.Select Numbers 20:28

29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.Select Numbers 20:29