Numbers 20

1 The 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.

And the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Sin, in the first month, and the people abode in Cades; and Mariam died there, and was buried there.

2 There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

3 The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

And the people reviled Moses, saying, Would we had died in the destruction of our brethren before the Lord!

4 Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?

And wherefore have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, to kill us and our cattle?

5 Why 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.”

And wherefore [is] this? Ye have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink.

6 Moses 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.

And Moses and Aaron went from before the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and they fell upon their faces; and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

7 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the 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.”

Take thy rod, and call the assembly, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before them, and it shall give forth its waters; and ye shall bring forth for them water out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.

9 Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

And Moses took his rod which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded.

10 Moses 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?”

And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and said to them, Hear me, ye disobedient ones; must we bring you water out of this rock?

11 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.

And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and much water came forth, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

12 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not 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.”

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because ye have not believed me to sanctify me before the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;

And Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says thy brother Israel; Thou knowest all the distress that has come upon us.

15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.

And [how] our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

16 When 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.

And we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of Cades, at the extremity of thy coasts.

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.”

We will pass through thy land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of thy cistern: we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

18 Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”

And Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet thee in war.

19 The 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.”

And the children of Israel say to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, I will pay thee: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain.

20 He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

And he said, Thou shalt not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him.

22 They traveled from Kadesh, and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

And they departed from Cades; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Or.

23 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Or, on the borders 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.

Let Aaron be added to his people; for ye shall certainly not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because ye provoked me at the water of strife.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;

Take Aaron, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to the mount Or before all the congregation;

26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”

and take Aaron's apparel from off him, and put it on Eleazar his son: and let Aaron die there and be added to [his people].

27 Moses did as the LORD commanded. They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and took him up to mount Or, before all the congregation.

28 Moses 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.

And he took Aaron's garments off him, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron died on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

29 When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead: and they wept for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.