1 T hen all the people of Israel came to the Desert of Zin in the first month. And the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried.

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.

2 N ow there was no water for the people, and they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

And there was no water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

3 T he people complained to Moses, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!

And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

4 W hy have you brought the Lord’s people into this desert, for us and our animals to die here?

And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

5 W hy have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us into this bad place? It is not a place of grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink.”

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.

6 T hen Moses and Aaron went from the people to the door of the meeting tent, and bowed to the ground. They saw the shining-greatness of the Lord.

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.

7 T he Lord said to Moses,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

8 “ Take the special stick. You and your brother Aaron gather the people together. Speak to the rock in front of them and it will give its water. So you will bring water out of the rock for them. Let the people and their animals drink.”

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.

9 S o Moses took the special stick from before the Lord, just as He had told him.

And Moses took the staff from before Jehovah, as he had commanded him.

10 M oses and Aaron gathered the people in front of the rock. And he said to them, “Listen now, you people who go against the Lord. Should we bring water for you out of this rock?”

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?

11 T hen Moses lifted up his hand and hit the rock twice with his stick, and more than enough water came out. The people and their animals drank.

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.

12 B ut the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not believed Me and honored Me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, you will not bring these people into the land I have given them.”

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.

13 T hese were the waters of Meribah because the people of Israel complained against the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them.

These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.

14 M oses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, “This is what your brother Israel has said: ‘You know all the troubles we have had.

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,

15 O ur fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians were bad in the way they acted toward us.

how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers;

16 B ut we cried out to the Lord. He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out from Egypt. Now look, we are at Kadesh, a town at the side of your country.

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.

17 W e ask you to let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vines. We will not even drink water from a well. We will go on the king’s road and will not turn to the right or left, until we pass through your country.’”

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.

18 B ut Edom said to him, “You must not pass through, or I will come out with the sword against you.”

But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

19 T he people of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the straight road. If I and my animals do drink any of your water, then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on my feet, nothing else.”

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.

20 B ut Edom said, “You must not pass through.” And Edom came out against him with many men and much strength.

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

21 E dom would not let Israel pass through his country. So Israel turned away from him.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; and Israel turned away from him.

22 W hen they traveled from Kadesh, all the people of Israel came to Mount Hor.

And they removed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to mount Hor.

23 T he Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor by the side of the land of Edom, saying,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron in mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,

24 “ Aaron will be buried with his people. For he will not go into the land I have given to the people of Israel, because you went against what I told you to do at the waters of Meribah.

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.

25 T ake Aaron and his son Eleazar, and bring them up to Mount Hor.

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor,

26 T ake the clothing off Aaron and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will die there and be buried with his people.”

and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.

27 M oses did just as the Lord had told him. They went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the people.

And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded, and they went up mount Hor before the eyes of the whole assembly.

28 A fter Moses had taken the clothing off Aaron and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

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.

29 W hen all the people saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel cried in sorrow for Aaron thirty days.

And the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead, and they mourned for Aaron thirty days, the whole house of Israel.