Numbers 20:7-29

7then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 8“Take 1the staff; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it shall yield its water. So you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and have the congregation and their livestock drink.”

9So Moses took the staff 2from before the Lord, just as He had commanded him; 10and Moses and Aaron summoned the assembly in front of the rock. And he said to them, “3Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff; and 4water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their livestock drank. 12But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “5Since you did not trust in Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, for that reason you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” 13Those were called the waters of 67Meribah, 8because the sons of Israel argued with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them.

14From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to 9the king of Edom to say, “This is what your brother Israel has said: ‘You 10know all the hardship that has 11overtaken us; 15that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly. 16But 12when we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and sent 13an angel, and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory. 17Please 14let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king’s road, not turning to the right or left, until we pass through your territory.’”

1815Edom, however, said to him, “You shall not pass through 16us, or I will come out with the sword against you.” 19Again, the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the road, and if I and 17my livestock do drink any of your water, 18then I will 19pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, 20nothing more.” 20But he said, “21You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against him with a heavy 22force and a strong hand. 2123So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his territory; 24then Israel turned away from him.

22Now when they set out from 25Kadesh, the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. 23Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron at 26Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying, 24“Aaron will be 27gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because 28you rebelled against My 29command at the waters of Meribah. 25Take Aaron and his son 30Eleazar, and bring them up to Mount Hor. 26Then strip Aaron of his garments and put them on his son Eleazar. So Aaron will be 31gathered to his people and will die there.” 27So Moses did just as the Lord had commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28And after Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and 32put them on his son Eleazar, 33Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 29When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, the whole house of Israel wept for Aaron for thirty 34days.