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1 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. 2 And there was no wa­ter for the con­gre­ga­tion: and they gath­ered them­selves to­geth­er against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the peo­ple chode with Moses, and spake, say­ing, Would God that we had died when our brethren died be­fore the LORD! 4 And why 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 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. 6 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. 7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say­ing, 8 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. 9 And Moses took the rod from be­fore the LORD, as he com­mand­ed him. 10 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? 11 And Moses lift­ed up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the wa­ter came out abun­dant­ly, and the con­gre­ga­tion drank, and their beasts also. 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Be­cause ye be­lieved me not, to sanc­ti­fy me in the eyes of the chil­dren of Is­rael, there­fore ye shall not bring this con­gre­ga­tion into the land which I have giv­en them. 13 This is the wa­ter of Merib­ah; be­cause the chil­dren of Is­rael strove with the LORD, and he was sanc­ti­fied in them. 14 And Moses sent mes­sen­gers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy broth­er Is­rael, Thou know­est all the tra­vail that hath be­fall­en us: 15 How our fa­thers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyp­tians vexed us, and our fa­thers: 16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an an­gel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, be­hold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the ut­ter­most of thy bor­der: 17 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: 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 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. 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And 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 turned away from him. 22 And the chil­dren of Is­rael, even the whole con­gre­ga­tion, jour­neyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount 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 gath­ered unto his peo­ple: for he shall not en­ter into the land which I have giv­en unto the chil­dren of Is­rael, be­cause ye re­belled against my word 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 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. 29 And when all the con­gre­ga­tion saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thir­ty days, even all the house of Is­rael.