Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 20

Num 20:1 And the children of Yisra’ĕl, all the congregation, came into the
Wilderness of Tsin in the first month, and the people stayed in Qaḏĕsh. And
Miryam died there and was buried there.
Num 20:2 Now there was no water for the congregation and they assembled
against Mosheh and against Aharon.
Num 20:3 And the people contended with Mosheh and spoke, saying, “If
only we had died when our brothers died before יהוה !
Num 20:4 “Why have you brought up the assembly of יהוה into this
wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here?
Num 20:5 “And why have you brought us up out of Mitsrayim, to bring us to
this evil place? – not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and
there is no water to drink.”
Num 20:6 Then Mosheh and Aharon went from the presence of the assembly
to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and they fell on their faces. And the
esteem of יהוה appeared to them.
Num 20:7 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 20:8 “Take the rod and assemble the congregation, you and your
brother Aharon. And you shall speak to the rock before their eyes, and it
shall give its water. And you shall bring water for them out of the rock and
give drink to the congregation and their livestock.”
Num 20:9 And Mosheh took the rod from before יהוה as He commanded him.
Num 20:10 And Mosheh and Aharon assembled the assembly before the
rock. And he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring water for
you out of this rock?”
Num 20:11 Then Mosheh lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his
rod. And much water came out, and the congregation and their livestock
drank.
Num 20:12 But יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, “Because you did not
believe Me, to set Me apart in the eyes of the children of Yisra’ĕl, therefore
you do not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
Num 20:13 These were the waters of Meriḇah, because the children of
Yisra’ĕl contended with יהוה, and He was set apart among them.
Num 20:14 And Mosheh sent messengers from Qaḏĕsh to the sovereign of
Eḏom. “This is what your brother Yisra’ĕl said, ‘You know all the hardship
that has befallen us,
Num 20:15 that our fathers went down to Mitsrayim, and we dwelt in
Mitsrayim a long time, and the Mitsrites did evil to us and our fathers.
Num 20:16 ‘And we cried out to יהוה, and He heard our voice and sent the
Messenger and brought us up out of Mitsrayim. And see, we are in Qaḏĕsh, a
city on the edge of your border.
Num 20:17 ‘Please let us pass over, through your land. We shall not pass
over through fields or vineyards, nor drink water from wells, we shall go
along the sovereign’s highway. We shall not turn aside, right or left, until we
have passed over your border.’ ”
Num 20:18 But Eḏom said to him, “You do not pass over through me, lest I
come out against you with the sword.”
Num 20:19 And the children of Yisra’ĕl said to him, “We shall go by the
highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I shall pay for
it. Let me only pass over on foot, without a word.”
Num 20:20 But he said, “You do not pass over.” And Eḏom came out against
them with many men and with a strong hand.
Num 20:21 So when Eḏom refused to let Yisra’ĕl pass over through his
border, Yisra’ĕl turned away from him.
Num 20:22 And the children of Yisra’ĕl, all the company, departed from
Qaḏĕsh and came to Mount Hor.
Num 20:23 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon in Mount Hor near the
border of the land of Eḏom, saying,
Num 20:24 “Aharon is to be gathered to his people, for he is not to enter the
land which I have given to the children of Yisra’ĕl, because you rebelled
against My mouth at the water of Meriḇah.
Num 20:25 “Take Aharon and El‛azar his son, and bring them up to Mount
Hor,
Num 20:26 and strip Aharon of his garments and put them on El‛azar his son,
for Aharon is to be gathered to his people and die there.”
Num 20:27 And Mosheh did as יהוה commanded, and they went up to Mount
Hor before the eyes of all the congregation.
Num 20:28 And Mosheh stripped Aharon of his garments and put them on
El‛azar his son. And Aharon died there on the top of the mountain. And
Mosheh and El‛azar came down from the mountain.
Num 20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aharon was dead, all the
house of Yisra’ĕl wept for Aharon, thirty days.