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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 DRB</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> <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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">DRB</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">Douay-Rheims Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Death of Miriam</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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. </p> <a name="2" id="2"></a><p class="hdg">Water from the Rock<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17:1-7</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And when Moses had lifted up his hand, and struck the rook twice with the rod, there came forth water in great abundance, so that the people and their cattle drank, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. </p> <p class="hdg">Edom Refuses Passage</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Edom answered them: Thou shalt not pass by me: if thou dost I will come out armed against thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But he answered: Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a strong hand, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned another way from him. </p> <p class="hdg">The Death of Aaron</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And when they had removed the camp from Cades, they came to mount Her, which is in the borders of the land of Edom: </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Where the Lord spoke to Moses: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Take Aaron and his son with him, and bring them up into mount Hor: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went up into mount Hor before all the multitude. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And when he had stripped Aaron of his vestments, he vested Eleazar his son with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Aaron being dead in the top of the mountain, he came down with Eleazar. 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