1 And the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came into the wilderness of Zin, in the first month; and the people abode at Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
2 And there was no water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3 And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
4 And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
5 And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink.
6 And Moses and Aaron went from before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them.
7 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
8 Take the staff, and gather the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, and it shall give its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock, and shalt give the assembly and their beasts drink.
9 And Moses took the staff from before Jehovah, as he had commanded him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, ye rebels: shall we bring forth to you water out of this rock?
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his staff smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.
12 And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
13 These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,
15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers;
16 and when we cried to Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, we are at Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy border.
17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass through fields, or through vineyards, neither will we drink water out of the wells: we will go by the king's road; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.
18 But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then I will pay for it: I will only, without anything else, go through on my feet.
20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; and Israel turned away from him.
22 And they removed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to mount Hor.
23 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron in mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,
24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his peoples; for he shall not enter into the land that I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my commandment at the waters of Meribah.
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor,
26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered {to his peoples}, and shall die there.
27 And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded, and they went up mount Hor before the eyes of the whole assembly.
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there upon the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
29 And the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead, and they mourned for Aaron thirty days, {even} the whole house of Israel.
1 正月间， 以色列全体会众到了寻的旷野， 就住在加低斯； 米利暗死在那里， 也埋葬在那里。
2 会众没有水喝， 就聚集攻击摩西和亚伦。
3 人民与摩西争闹， 说： "但愿我们的兄弟在耶和华面前死去的时候， 我们也一同死去！
4 你们为什么把耶和华的会众领到这旷野来， 使我们和我们的牲畜都死在这里呢？
5 你们为什么使我们出埃及， 领我们到这坏地方来呢？这里不能撒种， 没有无花果树、葡萄树、石榴树， 也没有水喝。"
6 摩西和亚伦于是离开会众， 来到会幕门口， 俯伏在地； 耶和华的荣光向他们显现。
7 耶和华对摩西说：
8 "你要拿着杖， 和你的哥哥亚伦聚集会众， 在他们眼前， 吩咐磐石； 这样你就可以使磐石流出水来， 给会众和他们的牲畜喝。"
9 于是， 摩西照着耶和华吩咐他的， 从耶和华面前拿了杖去。
10 摩西和亚伦聚集了会众到磐石面前； 摩西对他们说： "悖逆的人哪， 你们要听， 我们为你们使水从磐石中流出来吗？"
11 摩西举手， 用杖击打磐石两次， 就有很多水流出来， 会众和他们的牲畜都喝了。
12 耶和华对摩西和亚伦说： "因为你们不信我， 不在以色列人眼前尊我为圣， 所以你们必不得领这会众进入我赐给他们的地。"
13 这就是米利巴水， 因为以色列人在那里与耶和华争闹， 耶和华在他们中间显为圣。
14 摩西从加低斯派使者去见以东王说： "你的兄弟以色列这样说： 你知道我们遭遇的一切困难，
15 就是我们的列祖下到埃及去， 我们在埃及住了很多日子； 埃及人恶待我们和我们的列祖；
16 我们向耶和华呼求， 他就听了我们的声音， 派使者把我们从埃及领出来； 现在我们就在你边界上的城加低斯。
17 求你容我们从你的地经过； 我们不走过田地和葡萄园， 也不喝井里的水， 我们只走大路， 不偏左也不偏右， 直到走过了你的境地。"
18 以东王对使者说： "你不可从我这里经过， 免得我带着刀出来攻击你。"
19 以色列人对他说： "我们要走大路上去， 我们和牲畜若是喝了你的水， 我必照价付你； 不求别的事， 只求你容我们步行经过。"
20 以东王说： "你不可经过。"他就率领很多人出来， 要用强硬的手攻击以色列人。
21 这样， 以东王不肯让以色列人从他的境内经过， 以色列人就离开他去了。
22 以色列全体会众从加低斯起行， 到了何珥山。
23 耶和华在以东地边界的何珥山对摩西和亚伦说：
24 "亚伦要归到他本族人那里去， 他必不得进入我赐给以色列人的那地， 因为在米利巴水的事上， 你们违背了我的吩咐。
25 你要带着亚伦和他的儿子以利亚撒， 一同上何珥山去；
26 把亚伦的衣服脱下来， 给他儿子以利亚撒穿上； 亚伦就归到他本族人那里去， 死在山上。"
27 摩西就照着耶和华吩咐的行了， 三人当着全体会众的眼前上了何珥山。
28 摩西把亚伦的衣服脱下来， 给他的儿子以利亚撒穿上； 亚伦就死在山顶那里。于是， 摩西和以利亚撒从山上下来。
29 全体会众见亚伦死了， 以色列全家就为亚伦哀哭了三十天。