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And the children of Israel , even the whole congregation , came into the wilderness 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 assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron .
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And the people strove with Moses , and spake , saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah !
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And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness , that we should die there, we and our beasts?
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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 , 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 tent of meeting , and fell upon their faces : and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them.
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses , saying,
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Take the rod, and assemble the congregation , thou, and Aaron thy brother , and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes , that it give forth its water ; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock ; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.
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And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah , as he commanded him.
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And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock , and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels ; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock ?
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And Moses lifted up his hand , and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank , and their cattle.
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And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron , Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel , therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
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These are the waters of Meribah ; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah , 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 , Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us :
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how our fathers went down into Egypt , and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us , and our fathers :
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and when we cried unto Jehovah , he heard our voice , and sent an angel , and 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 land : we will not pass through field or through vineyard , neither will we drink of the water of the wells : we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border .
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And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.
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And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water , I and my cattle , then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet .
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And he said , Thou shalt not pass 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.
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And they journeyed from Kadesh : and the children of Israel , even the whole congregation , came unto mount Hor.
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom , saying,
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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 waters of Meribah .
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Take Aaron and Eleazar his son , and bring them up unto mount Hor;
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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.
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And Moses did as Jehovah commanded : and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation .
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And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments , and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount : and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount .
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And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days , even all the house of Israel .