Numbers 20

Death of Miriam

20AND THE Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month. And the people dwelt in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.H935H1121H3478H5712H4057H6790H7223H2320H5971H3427H6946H4813H4191H69122Now there was no water for the congregation, and they assembled together against Moses and Aaron.H4325H5712H6950H4872H1753And the people contended with Moses, and said, Would that we had died when our brethren died [in the plague] before the Lord!H5971H7378H4872H559H559H3863H1478H251H1478H6440H30684And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, we and our livestock?H935H6951H3068H4057H1165H41915And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us into this evil place? It is no place of grain or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates. And there is no water to drink.H5927H4714H935H7451H4725H4725H2233H8384H1612H7416H4325H83546Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting and fell on their faces. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to them.H4872H175H935H6440H6951H6607H168H4150H5307H6440H3519H3068H72007And the Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H559

The Water of Meribah

8Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to give forth its water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.H3947H4294H6950H5712H175H251H1696H5553H5869H5414H4325H3318H4325H5553H8248H5712H1165H82489So Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as He commanded him.H4872H3947H4294H6440H3068H668010And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock and Moses said to them, Hear now, you rebels; must we bring you water out of this rock?H4872H175H6950H6951H6440H5553H559H8085H4784H3318H4325H555311And 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 livestock.H4872H7311H3027H4294H5221H5553H6471H4325H3318H7227H5712H8354H116512And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in (rely on, cling to) Me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the Israelites, you therefore shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.H3068H559H4872H175H539H6942H5869H1121H3478H935H6951H776H541413These are the waters of Meribah [strife], where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them.H1992H4325H4809H1121H3478H7378H3068H694214And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says your kinsman Israel: You know all the adversity {and} birth pangs that have come upon us [as a nation]:H4872H7971H4397H6946H4428H123H559H251H3478H3045H8513H467215How our fathers went down to Egypt; we dwelt there a long time, and the Egyptians dealt evilly with us and our fathers.H1H3381H4714H3427H4714H7227H3117H4714H7489H116But when we cried to the Lord, He heard us and sent an angel and brought us forth out of Egypt. Now behold, we are in Kadesh, a city on your country's edge.H6817H3068H8085H6963H7971H4397H3318H4714H6946H5892H7097H136617Let us pass, I pray you, through your country. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink of the water of the wells. We will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed your borders.H5674H776H5674H7704H3754H8354H4325H875H3212H4428H1870H5186H3225H8040H5674H136618But Edom said to him, You shall not go through, lest I come out against you with the sword.H123H559H5674H3318H7125H271919And the Israelites said to him, We will go by the highway, and if I and my livestock drink of your water, I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else.H1121H3478H559H5927H4546H4735H8354H4325H5414H4377H1697H5674H727220But Edom said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand.H559H5674H123H3318H7125H3515H5971H2389H302721Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.H123H3985H5414H3478H5674H1366H3478H518622They journeyed from Kadesh, and the Israelites, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.H1121H3478H5712H5265H6946H935H2022H2023

Death of Aaron

23And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom,H3068H559H4872H175H2022H2023H1366H776H123H55924Aaron shall be gathered to his people. For he shall not enter the land which I have given to the Israelites, because you both rebelled against My instructions at the waters of Meribah.H175H622H5971H935H776H5414H1121H3478H4784H6310H4325H480925Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor.H3947H175H499H1121H5927H2022H202326Strip Aaron of his vestments and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there.H6584H175H899H3847H499H1121H175H622H419127And Moses did as the Lord commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.H4872H6213H3068H6680H5927H2022H2023H5869H571228And Moses stripped Aaron of his [priestly] garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there on the mountain top; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.H4872H6584H175H899H3847H499H1121H175H4191H7218H2022H4872H499H3381H202229When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept {and} mourned for him thirty days, all the house of Israel.H5712H7200H175H1478H1058H175H7970H3117H1004H3478