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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 Smith's Literal Translation</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" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">SLT</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">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/numbers/20-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Water from the Rock<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17:1–7</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the sons of Israel will come, all the assembly, to the desert of Zin, in the first month; and the people will dwell in Kadesh; and Miriam will die there and be buried there.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And there was not water for the assembly: and they will gather together against Moses and against Aaron. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And they will contend with Moses, and will speak, saying, Would that we died in the dying of our brethren before Jehovah! <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And for what brought ye the gathering of Jehovah into this desert to die there, we and our cattle. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And for what brought ye us up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? Not a place of seed, and figs, and the vine and the pomegranate; and not water to drink. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Moses will go, and Aaron, from the face of the gathering to the door of the tent of appointment, and they will fall upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah shall be seen to them. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying,<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Take the rod and gather the assembly together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes; and it gave water; and brought to them water from the rock, and gave drink to the assembly, and their cattle.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Moses will take the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Moses and Aaron will gather together the gathering before the rock, and he will say to them, Hear, now, ye rebellious: from this rock shall we bring forth to you water? <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Moses will lift up his hand and will smite the rock with the rod twice, and many waters will come forth, and the assembly will drink and their cattle. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Jehovah will say to Moses, and to Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to consecrate me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, for this, ye shall not bring in this gathering to the land which I gave to them. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These the Waters of Strife, because the sons of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he will be consecrated in them.<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Edom Refuses Passage<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Moses will send messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus said thy brother Israel, Thou knewest all the distress which found us: <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And our fathers will go down to Egypt and will dwell in Egypt many days; and the Egyptians will do evil to us and to our fathers. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And we shall cry to Jehovah, and he will hear our voice, and he will send a messenger and he will bring us forth out of Egypt: and behold us in Kadesh, a city the end of thy boundary. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now we will pass over in thy land: we will not pass through in the field and in the vineyard, and we will not drink the water of the well: the way of the king we will go; we will not incline to the right or to the left till we shall pass over thy boundary.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Edom will say to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest with the sword I shall come out to thy meeting. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the sons of Israel will say to him, By the highway will we come up; and if we shall drink of thy waters, I and my cattle, I gave a price: only not speaking, I will pass through on my feet. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he will say, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom will come forth to his meeting with a heavy people, and with a strong hand. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Edom will refuse to give to Israel to pass over by his boundary; and Israel will turn away from him.<p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">The Death of Aaron<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they will remove from Kadesh, and the sons of Israel, all the assembly will come to Mount Hor.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Jehovah will say to Moses and to Aaron, in mount Hor, upon the boundary of the land of Edom, saying, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not come into the land which I gave to the sons of Israel, because that ye resisted my mouth at the Waters of Strife. <A name="26"></a><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. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered and die there. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Moses will do as Jehovah commanded: and he will bring him up to mount Hor before the eyes of all the assembly. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Moses will strip Aaron of his garments, and will put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron will die there in the head of the mountain: and Moses will come down, and Eleazar, from the mountain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And all the assembly will see that Aaron died, and they will weep for Aaron thirty days, all the house of Israel.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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