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 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 - .