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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Numbers 20 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Numbers 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/19.htm" title="Numbers 19">◄</a> Numbers 20 <a href="../numbers/21.htm" title="Numbers 21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/numbers/20.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">The Israelites Complain Again</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the entire community of Israel entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And there was no water for the community, and so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The people contended with Moses, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>! <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Why have you brought up the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>’s community into this wilderness? So that we and our cattle should die here? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why have you brought us up from Egypt only to bring us to this dreadful place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink!”</p> <p class="title">Moses Responds</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> appeared to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> spoke to Moses: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Take the staff and assemble the community, you and Aaron your brother, and then speak to the rock before their eyes. It will pour forth its water, and you will bring water out of the rock for them, and so you will give the community and their beasts water to drink.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Moses took the staff from before the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, just as he commanded him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.</p> <p class="title">The Lord’s Judgment</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, and his holiness was maintained among them.</p> <p class="title">Rejection by the Edomites</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardships we have experienced, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So when we cried to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But Edom said to him, “You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then the Israelites said to him, “We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But he said, “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.</p> <p class="title">Aaron’s Death</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So the entire company of Israelites traveled from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors, for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up on Mount Hor. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors and will die there.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So Moses did as the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Moses removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar. 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