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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.
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And there was no water for the congregation : and they assembled themselves against Moses and against Aaron .
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And the people chid with Moses , and spoke , saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD !
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And why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness , that we and our cattle should die there?
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And why have ye conducted us from 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 the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , and they fell upon their faces : and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
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And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying,
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Take the rod, and convene thou the assembly, thou, and Aaron thy brother , and speak ye to the rock before their eyes ; and it shall give forth its water , and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock : so thou shalt give drink to the congregation and their beasts.
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And Moses took the rod from before the LORD , as he commanded him.
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And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock , and he said to them, Hear now, ye rebels ; must we fetch you water out of this rock ?
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And Moses lifted 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.
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And the LORD spoke to 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.
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This is the water of Meribah ; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD , and he was sanctified in them.
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And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to 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 have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians afflicted us , and our fathers :
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And when we cried to the LORD , he heard our voice , and sent an angel , and hath brought us forth from 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 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 .
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And 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 highway: 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 .
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And he said , Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with many 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 the children of Israel , even the whole congregation , journeyed from Kadesh , and came to mount Hor.
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And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom , saying,
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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 ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah .
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Take Aaron and Eleazar his son , and bring them up to 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 people, and shall die there.
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And Moses did as the LORD commanded : and they ascended 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 mourned for Aaron thirty days , even all the house of Israel .