Numbers:20
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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 .
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And there was no water for the congregation :
and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron .
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And the people find fault with Moses ,
and spoke ,
saying ,
Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD !
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And why have all of you brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness ,
that we and our cattle should die there ?
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And wherefore have all of you 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 .
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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 .
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Take the rod ,
and gather you the assembly together ,
you ,
and Aaron your brother ,
and speak all of you unto the rock before their eyes ;
and it shall give forth his water ,
and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock :
so you shall give the congregation and their beasts drink .
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And Moses took the rod from before the LORD ,
as he commanded him .
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And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock ,
and he said unto them ,
Hear now ,
all of you rebels ;
must we fetch you water out of this rock ?
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And Moses lifted up his hand ,
and with his rod he stroke the rock twice :
and the water came out abundantly ,
and the congregation drank ,
and their beasts also .
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron ,
Because all of you believed me not ,
to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel ,
therefore all of you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them .
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This is the water of Meribah ;
because the children of Israel strove with the LORD ,
and he was sanctified in them .
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And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto 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 have dwelt in Egypt a long time ;
and the Egyptians vexed us ,
and our fathers :
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And when we cried unto the LORD ,
he heard our voice ,
and sent an angel ,
and has 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 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 your borders .
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And Edom said unto him ,
You shall not pass by me ,
lest I come out against you with the sword .
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And the children of Israel said unto him ,
We will go by the high way :
and if I and my cattle drink of your water ,
then I will pay for it :
I will only ,
without doing anything else ,
go through on my feet .
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And he said ,
You shall not go 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 the children of Israel ,
even the whole congregation ,
journeyed from Kadesh ,
and came unto mount Hor .
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor ,
by the coast of the land of Edom ,
saying ,
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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 all of you rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah .
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Take Aaron and Eleazar his son ,
and bring them up unto mount Hor :
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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 .
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And Moses did as the LORD 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 in 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 mourned for Aaron thirty days ,
even all the house of Israel .