Num 20
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And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness
of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there,
and was buried there.
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And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together
against Moses and against Aaron.
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And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our
brethren died before YHWH!
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And why have you brought the assembly of YHWH into this wilderness, that we should
die there, we and our beasts?
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And wherefore 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.
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And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tent
of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of YHWH appeared to them.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak
you to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and you shall bring
forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their
cattle drink.
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And Moses took the rod from before YHWH, as he commanded him.
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And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to
them, Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?
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And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came
forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
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And YHWH said to Moses and Aaron, Because you believed not 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.
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These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with YHWH,
and he was sanctified in them.
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And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says your brother
Israel, You know all the travail that has befallen us:
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how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians
dealt ill with us, and our fathers:
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and when we cried to YHWH, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth
out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.
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Let us pass, I pray you, through your land: we will not pass through field or through
vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king`s
highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed
your border.
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And Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword
against you.
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And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink
of your water, I and my cattle, then will I give its price: let me only, without
[doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet.
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And he said, You shall not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people,
and with a strong hand.
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Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned
away from him.
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And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
came to mount Hor.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom,
saying,
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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.
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Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor;
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and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall
be gathered [to his people], and shall die there.
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And Moses did as YHWH commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all
the congregation.
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And 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.
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And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty
days, even all the house of Israel.