¹ Και εσηκωθη πασα η συναγωγη των υιων Ισραηλ εκ της ερημου Σιν, ακολουθουντες τας οδοιπορειας αυτων κατα την προσταγην του Κυριου, και εστρατοπεδευσαν εν Ραφιδειν· οπου δεν ητο υδωρ δια να πιη ο λαος.

² Και ελοιδορει ο λαος κατα του Μωυσεως, λεγοντες, Δος εις ημας υδωρ δια να πιωμεν. Και ειπε προς αυτους ο Μωυσης, Δια τι λοιδορειτε κατ' εμου; δια τι πειραζετε τον Κυριον;

³ Και εδιψησεν ο λαος εκει δια υδωρ· και εγογγυζεν ο λαος κατα του Μωυσεως, λεγοντες, Δια τι τουτο; ανεβιβασας ημας εξ Αιγυπτου, δια να θανατωσης ημας και τα τεκνα ημων και τα κτηνη ημων με την διψαν;

⁴ Και εβοησεν ο Μωυσης προς τον Κυριον, λεγων, Τι να καμω εις τουτον τον λαον; ολιγον λειπει να με λιθοβολησωσι.

⁵ Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Διαβα εμπροσθεν του λαου, και λαβε μετα σεαυτου εκ των πρεσβυτερων του Ισραηλ· και την ραβδον, σου, με την οποιαν εκτυπησας τον ποταμον, λαβε εν τη χειρι σου και υπαγε·

⁶ ιδου, εγω θελω σταθη εκει εμπροσθεν σου επι της πετρας εν Χωρηβ, και θελεις κτυπησει την πετραν και θελει εξελθει υδωρ εξ αυτης δια να πιη ο λαος. Και εκαμεν ουτως ο Μωυσης ενωπιον των πρεσβυτερων του Ισραηλ.

⁷ Και εκαλεσε το ονομα του τοπου Μασσα, και Μεριβα, δια την λοιδοριαν των υιων Ιαραηλ, και διοτι επειρασαν τον Κυριον, λεγοντες, Ειναι ο Κυριος μεταξυ ημων η ουχι;

⁸ Τοτε ηλθεν ο Αμαληκ και επολεμησε με τον Ισραηλ εν Ραφιδειν.

⁹ Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης προς τον Ιησουν, Εκλεξον εις ημας ανδρας και εξελθων πολεμησον με τον Αμαληκ· αυριον εγω θελω σταθη επι της κορυφης του βουνου, κρατων εν τη χειρι μου την ραβδον του Θεου.

¹⁰ Και εκαμεν ο Ιησους καθως ειπε προς αυτον ο Μωυσης και επολεμησε με τον Αμαληκ· ο δε Μωυσης, ο Ααρων και ο Ωρ ανεβησαν επι την κορυφην του βουνου.

¹¹ Και οποτε ο Μωυσης υψονε την χειρα αυτου, ενικα ο Ισραηλ· οποτε δε κατεβιβαζε την χειρα αυτου, ενικα ο Αμαληκ.

¹² Αι χειρες δε του Μωυσεως ησαν βεβαρημεναι· οθεν λαβοντες λιθον, εθεσαν υποκατω αυτου και εκαθισεν επ' αυτου· ο δε Ααρων και ο Ωρ, εις εκ του ενος μερους και εις εκ του αλλου, υπεστηριζον τας χειρας αυτου· και αι χειρες αυτου εμενον εστηριγμεναι μεχρι δυσεως ηλιου.

¹³ Και κατεστρεψεν ο Ιησους τον Αμαληκ και τον λαον αυτου, εν στοματι μαχαιρας.

¹⁴ Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Γραψον τουτο εν βιβλιω προς μνημοσυνον, και παραδος εις τα ωτα του Ιησου· οτι θελω εξαλειψει εξαπαντος την μνημην του Αμαληκ εκ της υπο τον ουρανον.

¹⁵ Και ωκοδομησεν εκει ο Μωυσης θυσιαστηριον και εκαλεσε το ονομα αυτου Ιεοβα-Νισσι·

¹⁶ και ειπεν, Επειδη χειρ υψωθη κατα του θρονου του Κυριου, θελει εισθαι πολεμος του Κυριου προς τον Αμαληκ απο γενεας εις γενεαν.

¹ Και θελεις καμει θυσιαστηριον εκ ξυλου σιττιμ, πεντε πηχων το μηκος και πεντε πηχων το πλατος· τετραγωνον θελει εισθαι το θυσιαστηριον· και το υψος αυτου τριων πηχων·

¹ The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

² There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

³ The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

⁴ Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?

⁵ 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."

⁶ Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them.

⁷ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁸ "Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink."

⁹ Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.

¹⁰ Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you water out of this rock for you?"

¹¹ Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.

¹² Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."

¹³ These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.

¹⁴ Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us:

¹⁵ how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

¹⁶ and when we cried to Yahweh, 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 your border.

¹⁷ "Please let us pass through your 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 your border."

¹⁸ Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you."

¹⁹ The children of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will I give its price: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet."

²⁰ He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

²¹ Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

²² They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

²³ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

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 waters of Meribah.

²⁵ Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;

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."

²⁷ Moses did as Yahweh commanded: and they went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

²⁸ Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

²⁹ When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.