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Death of Miriam |
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| Numbers 20:1 |
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Then the sons of Israel, the whole congregation,
came to the wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people stayed at Kadesh.
Now Miriam died there and was buried there. |
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| Numbers 20:2 |
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There was no water for the congregation, and
they assembled themselves against Moses and Aaron. |
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| Numbers 20:3 |
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The people thus contended with Moses and spoke,
saying, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD! |
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| Numbers 20:4 |
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Why then have you brought the LORD'S assembly
into this wilderness, for us and our beasts to die here? |
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| Numbers 20:5 |
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Why have you made us come up from Egypt, to
bring us in to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines
or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink." |
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| Numbers 20:6 |
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Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence
of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces.
Then the glory of the LORD appeared to them; |
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| Numbers 20:7 |
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and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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The Water of Meribah |
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| Numbers 20:8 |
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"Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron
assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may
yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and
let the congregation and their beasts drink." |
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| Numbers 20:9 |
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So Moses took the rod from before the LORD,
just as He had commanded him; |
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| Numbers 20:10 |
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and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before
the rock. And he said to them, "Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water
for you out of this rock?" |
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| Numbers 20:11 |
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Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the
rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation
and their beasts drank. |
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| Numbers 20:12 |
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But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because
you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel,
therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." |
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| Numbers 20:13 |
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Those were the waters of Meribah, because the
sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them. |
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| Numbers 20:14 |
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From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to the
king of Edom: "Thus your brother Israel has said, 'You know all the hardship that
has befallen us; |
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| Numbers 20:15 |
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that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we
stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly. |
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| Numbers 20:16 |
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But when we cried out to the LORD, He heard
our voice and sent an angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are
at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory. |
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| Numbers 20:17 |
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Please let us pass through your land. We will
not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not even drink water from
a well. We will go along the king's highway, not turning to the right or left,
until we pass through your territory.'" |
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| Numbers 20:18 |
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Edom, however, said to him, "You shall not pass
through us, or I will come out with the sword against you." |
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| Numbers 20:19 |
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Again, the sons of Israel said to him, "We will
go up by the highway, and if I and my livestock do drink any of your water, then
I will pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, nothing else." |
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| Numbers 20:20 |
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But he said, "You shall not pass through." And
Edom came out against him with a heavy force and with a strong hand. |
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| Numbers 20:21 |
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Thus Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through
his territory; so Israel turned away from him. |
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| Numbers 20:22 |
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Now when they set out from Kadesh, the sons
of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. |
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Death of Aaron |
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| Numbers 20:23 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount
Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying, |
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| Numbers 20:24 |
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"Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he
shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you
rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah. |
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| Numbers 20:25 |
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Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them
up to Mount Hor; |
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| Numbers 20:26 |
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and strip Aaron of his garments and put them
on his son Eleazar. So Aaron will be gathered to his people, and will die there." |
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| Numbers 20:27 |
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So Moses did just as the LORD had commanded,
and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. |
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| Numbers 20:28 |
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After Moses had stripped Aaron of his garments
and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses
and Eleazar came down from the mountain. |
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| Numbers 20:29 |
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When all the congregation saw that Aaron had
died, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days. |
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