< Numbers 20 >

1 And the children of Israel, and all the multitude came into the desert of Sin, in the first month: and the people abode in Cades. And Mary died there, and was buried in the same place.
And they came [the] people of Israel all the congregation [the] wilderness of Zin in the month first and it remained the people in Kadesh and she died there Miriam and she was buried there.
2 And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:
And not it belonged water to the congregation and they assembled on Moses and on Aaron.
3 And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.
And it quarreled the people with Moses and they said saying and if we had died when died brothers our before Yahweh.
4 Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die?
And why? have you brought [the] assembly of Yahweh into the wilderness this to die there we and livestock our.
5 Why have you made us come up out of Egypt, and have brought us into this wretched place which cannot be sowed, nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink?
And why? have you brought up us from Egypt to bring us to the place the evil this not - a place of seed and fig tree and vine and pomegranate and [is] water there not to drink.
6 And Moses and Aaron leaving the multitude, went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and fell flat upon the ground, and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and open to them thy treasure, a fountain of living water, that being satisfied, they may cease to murmur. And the glory of the Lord appeared over them.
And he went Moses and Aaron from before the assembly to [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting and they fell on faces their and it appeared [the] glory of Yahweh to them.
7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
8 Take the rod, and assemble the people together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before them, and it shall yield waters. And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rock, all the multitude and their cattle shall drink.
Take the rod and assemble the congregation you and Aaron brother your and you will speak to the rock to eyes their and it will give water its and you will bring out for them water from the rock and you will give drink to the congregation and livestock their.
9 Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him,
And he took Moses the rod from to before Yahweh just as he had commanded him.
10 And having gathered together the multitude before the rock, he said to them: Hear, ye rebellious and incredulous: Can we bring you forth water out of this rock?
And they made assemble Moses and Aaron the assembly to [the] face of the rock and he said to them listen please O rebels ¿ from the rock this will we bring out for you water.
11 And when Moses had lifted up his hand, and struck the rock twice with the rod, there came forth water in great abundance, so that the people and their cattle drank,
And he raised Moses hand his and he struck the rock with rod his two times and they came out waters many and it drank the congregation and livestock their.
12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Because you have not believed me, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, you shall not bring these people into the land, which I will give them.
And he said Yahweh to Moses and to Aaron because not you believed me to treat as holy me to [the] eyes of [the] people of Israel therefore not you will bring the assembly this into the land which I have given to them.
13 This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
They [were] [the] waters of Meribah where they quarreled [the] people of Israel with Yahweh and he showed himself holy among them.
14 In the mean time Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the labour that hath come upon us:
And he sent Moses messengers from Kadesh to [the] king of Edom thus he says brother your Israel you you know all the hardship which it has come upon us.
15 In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.
And they went down ancestors our Egypt towards and we dwelt in Egypt days many and they did harm to us Egypt and to ancestors our.
16 And how we cried to the Lord, and he heard us, and sent an angel, who hath brought us out of Egypt. Lo, we are now in the city of Cades, which is in the uttermost of thy borders,
And we cried out to Yahweh and he heard voice our and he sent an angel and he brought out us from Egypt and here! we [are] in Kadesh city of [the] outskirt[s] of territory your.
17 And we beseech thee that we may have leave to pass through thy country. We will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, we will not drink the waters of thy wells, but we will go by the common highway, neither turning aside to the right hand, nor to the left, till we are past thy borders.
Let us pass please in land your not we will pass in a field and in a vineyard and not we will drink water of a well [the] way of the king we will go not we will turn aside right and left until that we will pass through territory your.
18 And Edom answered them: Thou shalt not pass by me: if thou dost I will come out armed against thee.
And it said to him Edom not you will pass in me lest with the sword I should come out to meet you.
19 And the children of Israel said: We will go by the beaten way: and if we and our cattle drink of thy waters, we will give thee what is just: there shall be no difficulty in the price, only let us pass speedily.
And they said to him [the] people of Israel on the highway we will go up and if waters your we will drink I and livestock my and I will give price their only there not [is] a thing on feet my let me pass through.
20 But he answered: Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a strong hand,
And it said not you will pass through and it came out Edom to meet him with a people massive and with a hand strong.
21 Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned another way from him.
And it refused - Edom to permit Israel to pass in territory its and it turned aside Israel from on it.
22 And when they had removed the camp from Cades, they came to mount Her, which is in the borders of the land of Edom:
And they set out from Kadesh and they came [the] people of Israel all the congregation Hor the mountain.
23 Where the Lord spoke to Moses:
And he said Yahweh to Moses and to Aaron at Hor the mountain on [the] border of [the] land of Edom saying.
24 Let Aaron, saith he, go to his people: for he shall not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because he was incredulous to my words, at the waters of contradiction.
He will be gathered Aaron to people his for not he will go into the land which I have given to [the] people of Israel on that you rebelled against mouth my to [the] waters of Meribah.
25 Take Aaron and his son with him, and bring them up into mount Hor:
Take Aaron and Eleazar son his and bring up them Hor the mountain.
26 And when thou hast stripped the father of his vesture, thou shalt vest therewith Eleazar his son: Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and die there.
And strip off Aaron garments his and you will clothe with them Eleazar son his and Aaron he will be gathered and he will die there.
27 Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went up into mount Hor before all the multitude.
And he did Moses just as he had commanded Yahweh and they went up to Hor the mountain to [the] eyes of all the congregation.
28 And when he had stripped Aaron of his vestments, he vested Eleazar his son with them. And Aaron being dead in the top of the mountain, he came down with Eleazar.
And he stripped off Moses Aaron garments his and he clothed with them Eleazar son his and he died Aaron there at [the] top of the mountain and he went down Moses and Eleazar from the mountain.
29 And all the multitude seeing that Aaron was dead, mourned for him thirty days throughout all their families.
And they saw all the congregation that he had died Aaron and they wept for Aaron thirty day[s] all [the] house of Israel.

< Numbers 20 >