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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 Amplified 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="../">AMP</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/numbers/20.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Death of Miriam</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month [in the fortieth year after leaving Egypt]. And the people lived in Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now there was no water for the congregation, and they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The people contended with Moses, and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished [in the plague] before the LORD! <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness to die here, we and our livestock? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) and fell on their faces [before the LORD in prayer]. Then the glory <i>and</i> brilliance of the LORD appeared to them; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, <p class="hdg">The Water of Meribah</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>in front of them, so that it will pour out its water. In this way you shall bring water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their livestock drink [fresh water].” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels; must we bring you water out of this rock?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Moses raised his hand [in anger] and with his rod he struck the rock twice [instead of speaking to the rock as the LORD had commanded]. And the water poured out abundantly, and the congregation and their livestock drank [fresh water]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not believed (trusted) Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, you therefore <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These are the waters of Meribah (contention, strife), where the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He showed Himself holy among them. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel, ‘You know all the hardship that has come upon us [as a nation]; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>that our fathers (ancestors) went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time, and the Egyptians treated [both] us and our fathers badly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But when we cried out to the LORD [for help], He heard us and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through a field or through a vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>king’s highway, not turning [off-course] to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.’” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But [the king of] Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through my territory, or I will come out against you with the sword.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Again, the Israelites said to him, “We will go by the highway [trade route], and if I and my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the king of Edom said, “You shall not pass through [my territory].” And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Thus [the king of] Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now when they set out from Kadesh, the Israelites, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. <p class="hdg">Death of Aaron</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Aaron will be gathered to his people [in death]; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you [both] rebelled against My command 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 to Mount Hor; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. So Aaron will be gathered <i>to his fathers</i>, and will die there.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So Moses did just as the LORD had commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>After Moses stripped Aaron of his [priestly] garments and put them on Eleazar his son, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept (mourned) for him thirty days.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>before their eyes</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Moses apparently allowed his anger and frustration with the Israelites to blind him to the significance of what God had instructed. 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