Numbers:20:1-21
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Then came the children of Israel Yisra #
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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 chode with Moses ,
and spake ,
saying ,
Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD !
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And why have ye 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 ye 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 t @#
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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 mow #
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and they fell upon their faces :
and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Take the rod ,
and gather thou the assembly together ,
thou ,
and Aaron thy brother ,
and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes ;
and it shall give forth his water ,
and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock :
so thou shalt 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 ,
ye 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 smote the rock twice pa #
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and the water came out abundantly ,
and the congregation drank ,
and their beasts also .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron ,
Because ye believed me not ,
to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel Yisra #
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therefore ye 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 saith thy brother Israel Yisra #
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Thou knowest all the travail that hath 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 mal #
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and hath brought us forth out of Egypt :
and ,
behold ,
we are in Kadesh ,
a city in the uttermost of thy border :
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Let us pass ,
I pray thee ,
through thy country :
we will not pass through the fields ,
or through the vineyards ,
neither will we drink of the water of the wells @#
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we will go by the kings high way ,
we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left s @
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until we have passed thy borders .
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And Edom said unto him ,
Thou shalt not pass by me ,
lest I come out against thee 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 thy water ,
then I will pay for it :
I will only ,
without doing any thing else ,
go through on my feet .
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And he said ,
Thou shalt 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 .