Numbers 20

Numbers Chapter 20 KJV

1The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dieth. 2They murmur for want of water. 7Moses smiting the rock bringeth forth water. 12God is displeased with Moses and Aaron at Meribah. 14Moses at Kadesh desireth a passage through Edom, which is denied. 22At mount Hor Aaron resigneth his place to Eleazar, and dieth.
1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, 1into the desert of Zin in the 2first month: and the people abode in 3Kadesh; and 4Miriam died there, and was buried there.
2 1And there was no water for the congregation: 2and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3 And 1the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died 2when our brethren died before the Lord!
4 And 1why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto 1this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly 1unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and 2the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.
7 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
8 Take 1the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and 2speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and 3thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
9 And Moses took the rod 1from before the Lord, as he commanded him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, 1Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
11 And Moses 1lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the 2water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
12 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye 1believed me not, to 2sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye 3shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
13 This 1is the water of aMeribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was 2sanctified in them.
14 ¶ And Moses 1sent messengers from Kadesh unto 2the king of Edom, Thus saith 3thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath abefallen us:
15 How 1our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; 2and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
16 And 1when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and 2sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in 3Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
17 Let us pass, I pray thee, 1through thy 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 thy borders.
18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We 1will 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.
20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. 1And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel 1turned away from him.
22 ¶ And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from 1Kadesh, and came unto 2mount Hor.
23 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
24 Aaron shall be 1gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because 2ye rebelled against my aword at the water of Meribah.
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
26 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.
27 And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
28 1And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there 2in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron 1thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
Numbers 20