nkjv Numbers:20:1-22 SEEK
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Then the children of Israel ,
the whole congregation ,
came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month ,
and the people stayed in Kadesh ;
and Miriam died there and was buried there .
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Now there was no water for the congregation ;
so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron .
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And the people contended with Moses and spoke ,
saying : "
If only we had died when our brethren died before the LORD !
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Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness ,
that we and our animals should die here ?
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And why have you made us come up out of Egypt ,
to bring us to this evil place ?
It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates ;
nor is there any water to drink ."
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So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting ,
and they fell on their faces .
And the glory of the LORD appeared to them .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying ,
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Take the rod ;
you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together .
Speak to the rock before their eyes ,
and it will yield its water ;
thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock ,
and give drink to the congregation and their animals ."
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So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him .
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And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock ;
and he said to them , "
Hear now ,
you rebels !
Must we bring water for you out of this rock ?"
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Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod ;
and water came out abundantly ,
and the congregation and their animals drank .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron , "
Because you did not believe Me ,
to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel ,
therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them ."
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This was the water of Meribah ,
because the children of Israel contended with the LORD ,
and He was hallowed among them .
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Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom . "
Thus says your brother Israel : "
You know all the hardship that has befallen us ,
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how our fathers went down to Egypt ,
and we dwelt in Egypt a long time ,
and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers .
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When we cried out to the LORD ,
He heard our voice and sent the Angel and brought us up out of Egypt ;
now here we are in Kadesh ,
a city on the edge of your border .
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Please let us pass through your country .
We will not pass through fields or vineyards ,
nor will we drink water from 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 through your territory ."'
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Then Edom said to him , "
You shall not pass through my land ,
lest I come out against you with the sword ."
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So the children of Israel said to him , "
We will go by the Highway ,
and if I or my livestock drink any of your water ,
then I will pay for it ;
let me only pass through on foot ,
nothing more ."
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Then he said , "
You shall not pass through ."
So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong hand .
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Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory ;
so Israel turned away from him .
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Now the children of Israel ,
the whole congregation ,
journeyed from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor .