Numbers 20

1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.AKJV — Numbers 20:1

2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.AKJV — Numbers 20:2

3 And the people strived with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!AKJV — Numbers 20:3

4 And why have you brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?AKJV — Numbers 20:4

5 And why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to 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.AKJV — Numbers 20:5

6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell on their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.AKJV — Numbers 20:6

7 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,AKJV — Numbers 20:7

8 Take the rod, and gather you the assembly together, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak you to 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.AKJV — Numbers 20:8

9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.AKJV — Numbers 20:9

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?AKJV — Numbers 20:10

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.AKJV — Numbers 20:11

12 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, Because you believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.AKJV — Numbers 20:12

13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.AKJV — Numbers 20:13

14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus said your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has befallen us:AKJV — Numbers 20:14

15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelled in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:AKJV — Numbers 20:15

16 And when we cried to 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:AKJV — Numbers 20:16

17 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’ high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your borders.AKJV — Numbers 20:17

18 And Edom said to him, You shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you with the sword.AKJV — Numbers 20:18

19 And the children of Israel said to 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.AKJV — Numbers 20:19

20 And he said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.AKJV — Numbers 20:20

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: why Israel turned away from him.AKJV — Numbers 20:21

22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came to mount Hor.AKJV — Numbers 20:22

23 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,AKJV — Numbers 20:23

24 Aaron shall be gathered to his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.AKJV — Numbers 20:24

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor:AKJV — Numbers 20:25

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there.AKJV — Numbers 20:26

27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.AKJV — Numbers 20:27

28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.AKJV — Numbers 20:28

29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.AKJV — Numbers 20:29