1 In the first month all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Zin, and put up their tents in Kadesh; there death came to Miriam, and they put her body to rest in the earth.2 And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.3 And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?5 Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking.6 Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.7 And the Lord said to Moses,8 Take the rod, you and Aaron, your brother, and make all the people come together, and before their eyes give orders to the rock to give out its water; and so make water come out of the rock for them, and give the people and their cattle drink.9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders.10 Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?11 And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.12 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.14 Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:16 And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land;17 Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.18 And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.20 But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.21 So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.22 And they went on from Kadesh, and came, with all their people, to Mount Hor.23 And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,24 Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.25 So take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, up into Mount Hor;26 And take Aaron's robes off him and put them on Eleazar, his son: and death will come to Aaron there, and he will be put to rest with his people.27 So Moses did as the Lord had said, and before the eyes of all the people they went up Mount Hor.28 And Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the mountain death came to Aaron: then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.29 And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.

1 Veneruntque filii Isral et omnis multitudo in desertum Sin, mense primo, et mansit populus in Cades. Mortuaque est ibi Maria, et sepulta in eodem loco. 2 Cumque indigeret aqua populus, convenerunt adversum Moysen et Aaron : 3 et versi in seditionem, dixerunt : Utinam periissemus inter fratres nostros coram Domino. 4 Cur eduxistis ecclesiam Domini in solitudinem, ut et nos et nostra jumenta moriamur ? 5 quare nos fecistis ascendere de gypto, et adduxistis in locum istum pessimum, qui seri non potest, qui nec ficum gignit, nec vineas, nec malogranata, insuper et aquam non habet ad bibendum ? 6 Ingressusque Moyses et Aaron, dimissa multitudine, tabernaculum fderis, corruerunt proni in terram, clamaveruntque ad Dominum, atque dixerunt : Domine Deus, audi clamorem hujus populi, et aperi eis thesaurum tuum fontem aqu viv, ut satiati, cesset murmuratio eorum. Et apparuit gloria Domini super eos.7 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens : 8 Tolle virgam, et congrega populum, tu et Aaron frater tuus, et loquimini ad petram coram eis, et illa dabit aquas. Cumque eduxeris aquam de petra, bibet omnis multitudo et jumenta ejus. 9 Tulit igitur Moyses virgam, qu erat in conspectu Domini, sicut prceperat ei, 10 congregata multitudine ante petram : dixitque eis : Audite, rebelles et increduli : num de petra hac vobis aquam poterimus ejicere ? 11 Cumque elevasset Moyses manum, percutiens virga bis silicem, egress sunt aqu largissim, ita ut populus biberet et jumenta. 12 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron : Quia non credidistis mihi, ut sanctificaretis me coram filiis Isral, non introducetis hos populos in terram, quam dabo eis. 13 Hc est aqua contradictionis, ubi jurgati sunt filii Isral contra Dominum, et sanctificatus est in eis.14 Misit interea nuntios Moyses de Cades ad regem Edom, qui dicerent : Hc mandat frater tuus Isral : Nosti omnem laborem qui apprehendit nos, 15 quomodo descenderint patres nostri in gyptum, et habitaverimus ibi multo tempore, afflixerintque nos gyptii, et patres nostros : 16 et quomodo clamaverimus ad Dominum, et exaudierit nos, miseritque angelum, qui eduxerit nos de gypto. Ecce in urbe Cades, qu est in extremis finibus tuis, positi, 17 obsecramus ut nobis transire liceat per terram tuam. Non ibimus per agros, nec per vineas ; non bibemus aquas de puteis tuis : sed gradiemur via publica, nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram declinantes, donec transeamus terminos tuos. 18 Cui respondit Edom : Non transibis per me, alioquin armatus occurram tibi. 19 Dixeruntque filii Isral : Per tritam gradiemur viam : et si biberimus aquas tuas, nos et pecora nostra, dabimus quod justum est : nulla erit in pretio difficultas, tantum velociter transeamus. 20 At ille respondit : Non transibis. Statimque egressus est obvius, cum infinita multitudo, et manu forti, 21 nec voluit acquiescere deprecanti, ut concederet transitum per fines suos. Quam ob rem divertit ab eo Isral.22 Cumque castra movissent de Cades, venerunt in montem Hor, qui est in finibus terr Edom : 23 ubi locutus est Dominus ad Moysen : 24 Pergat, inquit, Aaron ad populos suos : non enim intrabit terram, quam dedi filiis Isral, eo quod incredulus fuerit ori meo, ad aquas contradictionis. 25 Tolle Aaron et filium ejus cum eo, et duces eos in montem Hor. 26 Cumque nudaveris patrem veste sua, indues ea Eleazarum filium ejus : Aaron colligetur, et morietur ibi. 27 Fecit Moyses ut prceperat Dominus : et ascenderunt in montem Hor coram omni multitudine. 28 Cumque Aaron spoliasset vestibus suis, induit eis Eleazarum filium ejus. 29 Illo mortuo in montis supercilio, descendit cum Eleazaro. 30 Omnis autem multitudo videns occubuisse Aaron, flevit super eo triginta diebus per cunctas familias suas.