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And the children of Israel , the whole assembly, came into the wilderness of Zin, in the first month ; and the people abode at Kadesh ; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
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And there was no water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron .
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And the people contended with Moses , and spoke , saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah !
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And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness , that we should die there, we and our beasts?
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And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt , to bring us 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 .
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And Moses and Aaron went from before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting , and fell upon their faces ; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying,
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Take the staff, and gather the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother , and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes , and it shall give its water ; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock , and shalt give the assembly and their beasts drink.
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And Moses took the staff from before Jehovah , as he had commanded him.
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And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock , and he said to them, Hear now, ye rebels : shall we bring forth to you water out of this rock ?
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And Moses lifted up his hand , and with his staff smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank , and their beasts.
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And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron , Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel , therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
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These are the waters of Meribah , where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah , and he hallowed himself in them.
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And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom , Thus says thy brother Israel : Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us ,
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how our fathers went down to Egypt , and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers ;
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and when we cried to Jehovah , he heard our voice , and sent an angel , and brought us forth out of Egypt ; and behold, we are at Kadesh , a city at the extremity of thy border .
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Let us pass , I pray thee, through thy country ; we will not pass through fields , or through vineyards , neither will we drink water out of the wells : we will go by the king's road ; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border .
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But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword .
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And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way ; and if we drink of thy water , I and my cattle , then I will pay for it: I will only, without anything else, go through on my feet .
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And he said , Thou shalt not go 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 territory; and Israel turned away from him.
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And they removed from Kadesh ; and the children of Israel , the whole assembly, came to mount Hor.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron in mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom , saying,
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Aaron shall be gathered unto his peoples; for he shall not enter into the land that I have given unto the children of Israel , because ye rebelled against my commandment 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 [to his peoples], and shall die there.
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And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded , and they went up mount Hor before the eyes of the whole assembly.
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And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments , and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there upon the top of the mountain ; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain .
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And the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead, and they mourned for Aaron thirty days , [even] the whole house of Israel .