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* 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 . * And there was no water for the congregation : and they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron . * And the people reviled Moses , saying , Would we had died in the destruction of our brethren before the Lord ! * And wherefore have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness , to kill us and our cattle ? * 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 . * 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 . * And the Lord spoke to Moses , saying , * 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 . * And Moses took his rod which was before the Lord , as the Lord commanded . * 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 ? * 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 . * 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 . * This is the water of Strife , because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord , and he was sanctified in them . * And Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom , saying , Thus says thy brother Israel ; Thou knowest all the distress that has (note :)Gr . found us (:note ) come upon us . * And how our fathers went down into Egypt , and we sojourned in Egypt many days , and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers . * 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 . * 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 . * And Edom said to him , Thou shalt not pass through me , and if otherwise , I will go forth to meet thee in war . * 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 . * And he said , Thou shalt not pass through me ; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host , and a mighty hand . * So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders , and Israel turned away from him . * And they departed from Cades ; and the children of Israel , even the whole congregation , came to Mount Or . * And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Or , on the borders of the land of Edom , saying , * 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 . * Take Aaron , and Eleazar his son , and bring them up to the mount Or before all the congregation ; * 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 . * And Moses did as the Lord commanded him , and took him up to mount Or , before all the congregation . * 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 . * And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead : and they wept for Aaron thirty days , even all the house of Israel .

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