Dual Panel1Then the entire <03605> community <05712> of Israel <03478> <01121> entered <0935> the wilderness <04057> of Zin <06790> in the first <07223> month <02320>, and the people <05971> stayed <03427> in Kadesh <06946>. Miriam <04813> died <04191> and was buried <06912> there <08033>.
2And there was <01961> no <03808> water <04325> for the community <05712>, and so they gathered <06950> themselves together against <05921> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>.
3The people <05971> contended <07378> with <05973> Moses <04872>, saying <0559>, “If only <03863> we had died <01478> when our brothers <0251> died <01478> before <06440> the Lord <03068>!
4Why <04100> have you brought <0935> up the Lord’s <03068> community <06951> into <0413> this <02088> wilderness <04057>? So that we <0587> and our cattle <01165> should die <04191> here <08033>?
5Why <04100> have you brought <05927> us up <05927> from Egypt <04714> only to bring <0935> us to <0413> this <02088> dreadful <07451> place <04725>? It is no <03808> place <04725> for grain <02233>, or figs <08384>, or vines <01612>, or pomegranates <07416>; nor <0369> is there any <0369> water <04325> to drink <08354>!”
6So Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> went <0935> from the presence <06440> of the assembly <06951> to <0413> the entrance <06607> to the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>. They then threw <05307> themselves down <05307> with their faces <06440> to <05921> the ground, and the glory <03519> of the Lord <03068> appeared <07200> to <0413> them.
7Then the Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>:
8“Take <03947> the staff <04294> and assemble <06950> the community <05712>, you <0859> and Aaron <0175> your brother <0251>, and then speak <01696> to <0413> the rock <05553> before their eyes <05869>. It will pour forth <05414> its water <04325>, and you will bring <03318> water <04325> out <03318> of <04480> the rock <05553> for them, and so you will give <08248> the community <05712> and their beasts <01165> water to drink <08248>.”
9So Moses <04872> took <03947> the staff <04294> from before <06440> the Lord <03068>, just as <0834> he commanded <06680> him.
10Then Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> gathered <06950> the community <06951> together in front of <06440> the rock <05553>, and he said <0559> to them, “Listen <08085>, you rebels <04784>, must we bring <03318> water <04325> out of <04480> this <02088> rock <05553> for you?”
11Then Moses <04872> raised <07311> his hand <03027>, and struck <05221> the rock <05553> twice <06471> with his staff <04294>. And water <04325> came out <03318> abundantly <07227>. So the community <05712> drank, and their beasts <01165> drank <08354> too.
12Then the Lord <03068> spoke to <0413> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>, “Because <03282> you did not <03808> trust <0539> me enough to show me as holy <06942> before <05869> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, therefore <03651> you will not <03808> bring <0935> this <02088> community <06951> into <0413> the land <0776> I have <0834> given <05414> them.”
13These <01992> are the waters <04325> of Meribah <04809>, because <0834> the Israelites <03478> <01121> contended <07378> with <0854> the Lord <03069>, and his holiness was maintained <06942> among them.
14Moses <04872> sent <07971> messengers <04397> from Kadesh <06946> to <0413> the king <04428> of Edom <0123>: “Thus <03541> says <0559> your brother <0251> Israel <03478>: ‘You <0859> know <03045> all <03605> the hardships <08513> we have experienced <04672>,
15how our ancestors <01> went down <03381> into Egypt <04714>, and we lived <03427> in Egypt <04714> a long <07227> time <03117>, and the Egyptians <04713> treated <07489> us and our ancestors <01> badly <07489>.
16So when we cried <06817> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, he heard <08085> our voice <06963> and sent <07971> a messenger <04397>, and has brought us up out <03318> of Egypt <04714>. Now <02009> we <0587> are here in Kadesh <06946>, a town <05892> on the edge <07097> of your country <01366>.
17Please <04994> let us pass through <05674> your country <0776>. We will not <03808> pass through <05674> the fields <07704> or through the vineyards <03754>, nor <03808> will we drink <08354> water <04325> from any well <0875>. We will go <01980> by the King’s <04428> Highway <01870>; we will not <03808> turn <05186> to the right <03225> or the left <08040> until <05704> we have passed through <05674> your region <01366>.’”
18But Edom <0123> said <0559> to <0413> him, “You will not <03808> pass through <05674> me, or <06435> I will come out <03318> against <07125> you with the sword <02719>.”
19Then the Israelites <03478> <01121> said <0559> to <0413> him, “We will go along <05927> the highway <04546>, and if <0518> we <0589> or our cattle <04735> drink <08354> any of your water <04325>, we will pay for it <04377> <05414>. We will only <07535> pass through <05674> on our feet <07272>, without doing <0369> anything <01697> else.”
20But he said <0559>, “You may not <03808> pass through <05674>.” Then Edom <0123> came out <03318> against <07125> them with a large <03515> and powerful force <02389> <03027>. force <05971>.
21So Edom <0123> refused <03985> to give <05414> Israel <03478> passage through <05674> his border <01366>; therefore Israel <03478> turned away <05186> from <05921> him.
22So the entire <03605> company <05712> of Israelites <03478> <01121> traveled <05265> from Kadesh <06946> and came <0935> to Mount <02022> Hor <02023>.
23And the Lord <03068> spoke <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> in Mount <02022> Hor <02023>, by the border <01366> of the land <0776> of Edom <0123>. He said <0559>:
24“Aaron <0175> will be gathered <0622> to <0413> his ancestors <05971>, for <03588> he will not <03808> enter <0935> into <0413> the land <0776> I have <0834> given <05414> to the Israelites <03478> <01121> because <05921> both of you rebelled <04784> against my word <06310> at the waters <04325> of Meribah <04809>.
25Take <03947> Aaron <0175> and Eleazar <0499> his son <01121>, and bring <05927> them up <05927> on Mount <02022> Hor <02023>.
26Remove <06584> Aaron’s <0175> priestly garments <0899> and put <03847> them on <03847> Eleazar <0499> his son <01121>, and Aaron <0175> will be gathered <0622> to his ancestors and will die <04191> there <08033>.”
27So Moses <04872> did <06213> as <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680>; and they went up <05927> Mount <02022> Hor <02023> in the sight <05869> of the whole <03605> community <05712>.
28And Moses <04872> removed <06584> Aaron’s <0175> garments <0899> and put <03847> them on <0854> his son <01121> Eleazar <0499>. So Aaron <0175> died <04191> there <08033> on the top <07218> of the mountain <02022>. And Moses <04872> and Eleazar <0499> came down <03381> from <04480> the mountain <02022>.
29When all <03605> the community <05712> saw <07200> that <03588> Aaron <0175> was dead <01478>, the whole <03605> house <01004> of Israel <03478> mourned <01058> for Aaron <0175> thirty <07970> days <03117>.