1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. Compare verse1 commentary
2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. Compare verse
3 And the people strived with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD! Compare verse
4 And why have you brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? Compare verse
5 And 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. Compare verse
6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell on their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared to them. Compare verse
7 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Compare verse
8 Take the rod, and gather you the assembly together, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak you to the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock: so you shall give the congregation and their beasts drink. Compare verse
9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. Compare verse
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? Compare verse1 commentary
11 And Moses lifted up 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. Compare verse5 commentaries
12 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, Because you believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. Compare verse1 commentary
13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. Compare verse1 commentary
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus said your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has befallen us: Compare verse
15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelled in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: Compare verse
16 And when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and has brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border: Compare verse
17 Let us pass, I pray you, through your 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 your borders. Compare verse1 commentary
18 And Edom said to him, You shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you with the sword. Compare verse
19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of your water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet. Compare verse
20 And he said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. Compare verse
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: why Israel turned away from him. Compare verse
22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came to mount Hor. Compare verse
23 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, Compare verse
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 water of Meribah. Compare verse
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor: Compare verse
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. Compare verse1 commentary
27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. Compare verse
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. Compare verse
29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. Compare verse