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Then came[H935] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], even the whole congregation[H5712], into the desert[H4057] of Zin[H6790] in the first[H7223]month[H2320]: and the people[H5971]abode[H3427] in Kadesh[H6946]; and Miriam[H4813]died[H4191] there, and was buried[H6912] there.
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And there was no water[H4325] for the congregation[H5712]: and they gathered[H6950] themselves together against Moses[H4872] and against Aaron[H175].
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And the people[H5971]chode[H7378] with Moses[H4872], and spake[H559], saying[H559], Would God that[H3863] we had died[H1478] when our brethren[H251]died[H1478]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]!
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And why have ye brought up[H935] the congregation[H6951] of the LORD[H3068] into this wilderness[H4057], that we and our cattle[H1165] should die[H4191] there?
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And wherefore have ye made us to come up[H5927] out of Egypt[H4714], to bring[H935] us in unto this evil[H7451]place?[H4725] it is no place[H4725] of seed[H2233], or of figs[H8384], or of vines[H1612], or of pomegranates[H7416]; neither is there any water[H4325] to drink[H8354].
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And Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175]went[H935] from the presence[H6440] of the assembly[H6951] unto the door[H6607] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], and they fell[H5307] upon their faces[H6440]: and the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068]appeared[H7200] unto them.
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
8Take[H3947] the rod[H4294], and gather[H6950] thou the assembly[H5712] together, thou, and Aaron[H175] thy brother[H251], and speak[H1696] ye unto the rock[H5553] before their eyes[H5869]; and it shall give[H8248]forth[H5414] his water[H4325], and thou shalt bring forth[H3318] to them water[H4325] out of the rock[H5553]: so thou shalt give[H8248] the congregation[H5712] and their beasts[H1165]drink[H8248].
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And Moses[H4872]took[H3947] the rod[H4294] from before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], as he commanded[H6680] him.
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And Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175]gathered[H6950] the congregation[H6951] together before[H6440] the rock[H5553], and he said[H559] unto them, Hear[H8085] now, ye rebels[H4784]; must we fetch[H3318] you water[H4325] out of this rock?[H5553]
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And Moses[H4872] lifted up[H7311] his hand[H3027], and with his rod[H4294] he smote[H5221] the rock[H5553]twice[H6471]: and the water[H4325] came out[H3318]abundantly[H7227], and the congregation[H5712]drank[H8354], and their beasts[H1165] also.
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H559] unto Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175], Because ye believed[H539] me not, to sanctify[H6942] me in the eyes[H5869] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], therefore ye shall not bring[H935] this congregation[H6951] into the land[H776] which I have given[H5414] them.
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This is[H1992] the water[H4325] of Meribah[H4809]; because the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]strove[H7378] with the LORD[H3068], and he was sanctified[H6942] in them.
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And Moses[H4872]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] from Kadesh[H6946] unto the king[H4428] of Edom[H123], Thus saith[H559] thy brother[H251]Israel[H3478], Thou knowest[H3045] all the travail[H8513] that hath befallen[H4672] us:
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How our fathers[H1] went down[H3381] into Egypt[H4714], and we have dwelt[H3427] in Egypt[H4714] a long[H7227]time[H3117]; and the Egyptians[H4714]vexed[H7489] us, and our fathers[H1]:
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And when we cried[H6817] unto the LORD[H3068], he heard[H8085] our voice[H6963], and sent[H7971] an angel[H4397], and hath brought us forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714]: and, behold, we are in Kadesh[H6946], a city[H5892] in the uttermost[H7097] of thy border[H1366]:
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Let us pass[H5674], I pray thee, through thy country[H776]: we will not pass[H5674] through the fields[H7704], or through the vineyards[H3754], neither will we drink[H8354] of the water[H4325] of the wells[H875]: we will go[H3212] by the king's high way[H1870], we will not turn[H5186] to the right hand[H3225] nor to the left[H8040], until we have passed[H5674] thy borders[H1366].
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And Edom[H123]said[H559] unto him, Thou shalt not pass[H5674] by me, lest I come out[H3318]against[H7125] thee with the sword[H2719].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]said[H559] unto him, We will go[H5927] by the high way[H4546]: and if I and my cattle[H4735]drink[H8354] of thy water[H4325], then I will pay[H5414] for it: I will only, without doing any thing[H1697] else, go[H5927]through[H5674] on my feet[H7272].
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And he said[H559], Thou shalt not go through[H5674]. And Edom[H123] came out[H3318]against[H7125] him with much[H3515]people[H5971], and with a strong[H2389]hand[H3027].
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Thus Edom[H123]refused[H3985] to give[H5414]Israel[H3478]passage[H5674] through his border[H1366]: wherefore Israel[H3478] turned away[H5186] from him.
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], even the whole congregation[H5712], journeyed[H5265] from Kadesh[H6946], and came[H935] unto mount[H2022]Hor[H2023].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H559] unto Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] in mount[H2022]Hor[H2023], by the coast[H1366] of the land[H776] of Edom[H123], saying[H559],
24Aaron[H175] shall be gathered[H622] unto his people[H5971]: for he shall not enter[H935] into the land[H776] which I have given[H5414] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], because ye rebelled against[H4784] my word[H6310] at the water[H4325] of Meribah[H4809].
25Take[H3947]Aaron[H175] and Eleazar[H499] his son[H1121], and bring them up[H5927] unto mount[H2022]Hor[H2023]:
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And strip[H6584]Aaron[H175] of his garments[H899], and put[H3847] them upon Eleazar[H499] his son[H1121]: and Aaron[H175] shall be gathered[H622] unto his people, and shall die[H4191] there.
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And Moses[H4872]did[H6213] as the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680]: and they went up[H5927] into mount[H2022]Hor[H2023] in the sight[H5869] of all the congregation[H5712].
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And Moses[H4872]stripped[H6584]Aaron[H175] of his garments[H899], and put[H3847] them upon Eleazar[H499] his son[H1121]; and Aaron[H175]died[H4191] there in the top[H7218] of the mount[H2022]: and Moses[H4872] and Eleazar[H499] came down[H3381] from the mount[H2022].
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And when all the congregation[H5712]saw[H7200] that Aaron[H175] was dead[H1478], they mourned[H1058] for Aaron[H175]thirty[H7970]days[H3117], even all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].