Revised Version 1895

Numbers 20:12-24

12And theLORDיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872andAaronאַהֲרֹן֒'a.ha.RonH175,Becauseיַ֚עַןYa.'anH3282yebelievedהֶאֱמַנְתֶּ֣םhe.'e.man.TemH539notלֹא־lo'-H3808inmeאֶל־'el-H413, tosanctifyלְהַ֨קְדִּישֵׁ֔נִיle.Hak.di.She.niH6942meוְאֶֽל־ve.'el-H413in theeyesלְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.NeiH5869of thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, therefore ye shallnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808bringתָבִ֙יאוּ֙ta.Vi.'uH935thisassemblyהַקָּהָ֣לha.ka.HalH6951intoאֶל־'el-H413thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I havegivenנָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414them.

13Theseהֵ֚מָּהHe.mahH1992are thewatersמֵ֣יmeiH4325ofMeribahמְרִיבָ֔הme.ri.VahH4809;becauseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478strove with theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and he wassanctifiedוַיִּקָּדֵ֖שׁvai.yi.ka.DeshH6942in them.

14AndMosesמֹשֶׁ֧הmo.ShehH4872sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֛יםmal.'a.KhimH4397fromKadeshמִקָּדֵ֖שׁmi.ka.DeshH6946unto thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEdomאֱד֑וֹם'e.DomH123,Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saith thybrotherאָחִ֣יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Thou knowestallכָּל־kol-H3605the travail that hathbefallenמְצָאָֽתְנוּ׃me.tza.'A.te.nuH4672usאֶל־'el-H413:

15how ourfathersאֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.vo.Tei.nuH1wentH3381downוַיֵּרְד֤וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381intoH4714Egyptמִצְרַ֔יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahH4714, andweH3117dweltוַנֵּ֥שֶׁבva.Ne.shevH3427inEgyptבְּמִצְרַ֖יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714alongH3117time; and theEgyptiansH4714evilוַיָּרֵ֥עוּvai.ya.Re.'uH7489entreatedusH3117, and ourfathersוְלַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ve.la.'a.vo.Tei.nuH1:

16and whenweH587criedוַנִּצְעַ֤קva.nitz.'AkH6817unto theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, heheardוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085ourvoiceקֹלֵ֔נוּko.Le.nuH6963, andsentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971anangelמַלְאָ֔ךְmal.'AkhH4397, andbroughtH3318usאֶל־'el-H413forthH3318outH3318ofEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714: and,beholdוְהִנֵּה֙ve.hi.NehH2009,weH587are inKadeshבְקָדֵ֔שׁve.ka.DeshH6946, acityעִ֖יר'irH5892in the uttermost of thyborderגְבוּלֶֽךָ׃ge.vu.Le.khaH1366:

17letH4994usH4994passנַעְבְּרָה־na'.be.rah-H5674, IprayH4994thee,throughH5674thylandבְאַרְצֶ֗ךָve.'ar.Tze.khaH776:weH834willnotH3808passנַעֲבֹר֙na.'a.VorH5674throughH5674fieldבְּשָׂדֶ֣הbe.sa.DehH7704orthroughH5674vineyardוּבְכֶ֔רֶםu.ve.Khe.remH3754,neitherH3808willweH834drinkנִשְׁתֶּ֖הnish.TehH8354of thewaterמֵ֣יmeiH4325of thewellsבְאֵ֑רve.'ErH875:weH834willgoH5674alongH5704theking’sהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428highH5186wayדֶּ֧רֶךְDe.rekhH1870,weH834willnotH3808turnנִטֶּה֙ni.TehH5186asideH5186to therightיָמִ֣יןya.MinH3225handH3225norH3808to theleftוּשְׂמֹ֔אולu.se.MolH8040,untilH5704weH834havepassedנַעֲבֹ֖רna.'a.VorH5674thyborderגְּבוּלֶֽךָ׃ge.vu.Le.khaH1366.

18AndEdomאֱד֔וֹם'e.DomH123saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Thou shaltnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808passתַעֲבֹ֖רta.'a.VorH5674throughH5674meH413,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435Icomeאֵצֵ֥א'e.Tze'H3318outH3318with theswordבַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revH2719againstH413thee.

19And thechildrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֘לYis.ra.'ElH3478saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto him,WeH518willgoנַעֲלֶה֒na.'a.LehH5927upH5927by thehighwayבַּֽמְסִלָּ֣הbam.si.LahH4546: andifH518weH518drinkנִשְׁתֶּה֙nish.TehH8354of thywaterמֵימֶ֤יךָmei.Mei.khaH4325, I and mycattleוּמִקְנַ֔יu.mik.NaiH4735, then will Igiveוְנָתַתִּ֖יve.na.ta.TiH5414thepriceמִכְרָ֑םmikh.RamH4377thereof:letH5414meאֵלָ֥יו'e.LavH413onlyרַ֥קrakH7535,withoutH369doingH8354anyH369thingדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697else,passאֶֽעֱבֹֽרָה׃'E.'e.Vo.rahH5674throughH5674on myfeetבְּרַגְלַ֥יbe.rag.LaiH7272.

20And hesaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808passתַעֲבֹ֑רta.'a.VorH5674throughH3027. AndEdomאֱדוֹם֙'e.dOmH123cameH3318outH3318againstH7125him withmuchH3027peopleבְּעַ֥םbe.'AmH5971, and with astrongחֲזָקָֽה׃cha.za.KahH2389handוּבְיָ֥דu.ve.YadH3027.

21ThusEdomאֱד֗וֹם'e.DomH123refusedוַיְמָאֵ֣ן׀vay.ma.'EnH3985togiveנְתֹן֙ne.TonH5414Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478passagethroughעֲבֹ֖ר'a.VorH5674hisborderבִּגְבֻל֑וֹbig.vu.LoH1366: whereforeIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478turnedוַיֵּ֥טvai.YetH5186awayH5186from him.

22And theyjourneyedוַיִּסְע֖וּvai.yis.'UH5265fromKadeshמִקָּדֵ֑שׁmi.ka.DeshH6946: and thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478, even thewholeכָּל־kol-H3605congregationהָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.DahH5712,cameוַיָּבֹ֧אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935untomountהָהָֽר׃ha.HarH2022Horהֹ֥רhorH2023.

23And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068spake untoMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872andAaronאַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonH175inmountהָהָ֑רha.HarH2022Horבְּהֹ֣רbe.HorH2023, by theborderגְּב֥וּלge.VulH1366of thelandאֶֽרֶץ־'e.retz-H776ofEdomאֱד֖וֹם'e.DomH123,sayingH559,

24Aaronאַהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonH175shall begatheredיֵאָסֵ֤ףye.'a.SefH622unto hispeopleעַמָּ֔יו'a.MavH5971: for he shallnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808enterיָבֹא֙ya.Vo'H935intoH413thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichH834I havegivenנָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414unto thechildrenלִבְנֵ֣יliv.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588yerebelledמְרִיתֶ֥םme.ri.TemH4784againstעַ֛ל'alH5921mywordפִּ֖יpiH6310at thewatersלְמֵ֥יle.MeiH4325ofMeribahמְרִיבָֽה׃me.ri.VahH4809.

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