Numbers 20

And the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Sin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.

And there was no water for the congregation, and they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

And the people reviled Moses, saying: Would that we had died in the destruction of our brothers before the Lord!

And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, to kill us and our livestock?

And why is it that you brought us up out of Egypt to come to this evil place? It is a place where nothing is sown, and there are no fig trees nor vines nor pomegranates, nor is there water to drink.

And Moses and Aaron came from before the congregation to the door of the tent of witness, and they fell upon their faces; and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before them, and it shall give its water; and you shall bring forth water for them out of the rock, and you shall give drink to the congregation and to their livestock.

And Moses took the rod that was before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded.

And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them: Hear me, you disobedient ones; shall we bring you water out of this rock?

And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with the rod twice, and much water came out, and the congregation and their livestock drank.

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Because you did not believe, to sanctify me before the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

This is the water of contention, because the sons of Israel contended before the Lord, and he was sanctified among them.

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has found us.

And our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

And we cried out to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and he sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your borders.

We will pass through your land. We will not go through fields nor through vineyards, nor will we drink water from your cistern; we will go by the royal road, we will not turn aside to the right or to the left, until we have passed your borders.

And Edom said to him: You shall not pass through me; otherwise I will come out to meet you with war.

And the sons of Israel said to him: We will pass by along the mountain; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, I will give you the price. But the matter is nothing; we will pass by along the mountain.

But he said: You shall not pass through me. And Edom came out to meet him with a large crowd and with a strong hand.

And Edom was not willing to give Israel passage through his borders; and Israel turned away from him.

And they departed from Kadesh, and the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the borders of the land of Edom, saying:

Let Aaron be added to his people, for you shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you provoked me at the water of contention.

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor before the whole congregation.

And strip Aaron of his robe and put it on Eleazar his son; and Aaron, being added to his people, shall die there.

And Moses did as the Lord commanded, and he brought him up to Mount Hor before the whole congregation.

And he stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

And the whole congregation saw that Aaron was released, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.