Water from the Rock 1And the children of Israel came with the whole multitude into the desert of Zin in the first moneth, and the people abode at Cades: And there died Miriam, and was buryed there. 2But there was no water for the multitude: and they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron. 3And the people chode with Moyses, and spake, saying: Woulde God that we had perished when our brethren dyed before the Lorde. 4Why haue ye brought the congregation of the Lorde into this wildernesse, that both we and our cattell shoulde dye in it? 5Wherfore haue ye made vs to come vp out of Egypt, to bryng vs into this euyll place, which is no place of seede, nor of fygges, nor vines, nor pomgranates, neither is there any water to drynke? 6And Moyses and Aaron went from the presence of the congregation, vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation, and fel vpon their faces, and the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto them. 7And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 8Take the rodde, and gather thou and thy brother Aaron the congregation together, and speake vnto the rocke before their eyes, and it shall geue foorth his water: And thou shalt bryng them water out of the rocke, to geue the companie drynke, and their beastes also.
9And Moyses toke the rodde from before the Lord, as he commaunded hym.
10And Moyses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rocke, and Edom Refuses Passage 14And Moyses sent messengers from Cades vnto the kyng of Edom, thus sayeth thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trauayle that we haue had.
15Our fathers went downe into Egypt, & we haue dwelt in Egypt a long tyme: and the Egyptians vexed vs and our fathers.
16And when we cryed vnto the Lorde, he hearde our voyce, and sent an angell, and hath set vs vp out of Egypt: And beholde, we are in Cades, euen in the vttermost citie of thy border.
17Let vs passe I pray thee through thy countrey: but we wyll not go through the fieldes or vineyardes, neither wyll we drynke of the water of the fountaynes: we wyll go by the kynges hye way, and neither turne vnto the ryght hande nor to the left, vntyll we be past thy borders.
18And Edom aunswered hym: Thou shalt not go by me, lest I come out agaynst thee with the sworde.
19The children of Israel sayd vnto him, we wyll go by the beaten way: and if I and my cattell drynke of thy water, I wyll pay for it: I wyll but only (without any harme) go through on my feete.
20He aunswered: Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out agaynst hym with much people, and with a mightie power.
21And thus Edom denied to geue Israel passage through his countrey: wherfore Israel turned away from hym. The Death of Aaron 22And the children of Israel departed from Cades, and came vnto mount Hor, with all the congregation.
23And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron in mount Hor, harde by the coast of the lande of Edom, saying.
24Aaron shalbe gathered vnto his people: for he shall not come into the lande which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel, because ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of strife.
25Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne, and bryng them vp into mount Hor.
26And cause Aaron to put of his garmentes, and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: and Aaron shalbe gathered vnto his people, and shall dye there.
27And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded: and they went vp into mount Hor, in the sight of all the multitude.
28And Moyses toke of Aarons clothes, and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne, and Aaron dyed there in the toppe of the mount: And Moyses and Eleazar came downe out of the mount.
29When all ye multitude sawe that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaro thirtie dayes, all the housholde of Israel. |
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