1Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.[ † ]Numbers 13:21Numbers 33:36Numbers 13:26Exodus 15:20Numbers 26:59
2And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.[ † ]Exodus 17:1Numbers 16:19-42 3And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ![ † ]Exodus 17:2Numbers 14:2Numbers 11:1-33Numbers 14:37Numbers 16:31-35, 49 4And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?[ † ]Exodus 17:3 5And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto 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. 6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.[ † ]Numbers 14:5Numbers 16:4-22, 45Numbers 14:10 7And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 8Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.[ † ]Exodus 4:17-20Exodus 17:5-6Nehemiah 9:15Psalms 78:15-16Psalms 105:41Isaiah 43:20Isaiah 48:211 Corinthians 10:4 9And Moses took the rod from before the Lord , as he commanded him.[ † ]Numbers 17:10
10And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?[ † ]Psalms 106:33 11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also .[ † ]Exodus 17:6Deuteronomy 8:15Psalms 78:16Isaiah 48:211 Corinthians 10:4 12And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.[ † ]Numbers 20:28Numbers 27:14Deuteronomy 1:37Deuteronomy 3:26-27Deuteronomy 34:5Leviticus 10:3Ezekiel 20:41Ezekiel 36:231 Peter 3:15
13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord , and he was sanctified in them.[ † ]Deuteronomy 33:8Psalms 106:32
14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:[ † ]Judges 11:16-17Genesis 36:31-39Deuteronomy 2:4Obadiah 10-12 15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:[ † ]Genesis 46:6Acts 7:15Exodus 12:40Exodus 1:11Deuteronomy 26:6Acts 7:19 16and when we cried unto the Lord , he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:[ † ]Exodus 2:23Exodus 3:7Exodus 3:2Exodus 14:19 17let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.[ † ]Numbers 21:22 18And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.[ † ]Numbers 24:18Psalms 137:7Ezekiel 25:12-13Obadiah 10-15 19And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else , go through on my feet.[ † ]Deuteronomy 2:6-28 20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.[ † ]Judges 11:17
21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.[ † ]Deuteronomy 2:27-30Deuteronomy 2:8Judges 11:18
22And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.[ † ]Numbers 33:37Numbers 21:4 23And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.[ † ]Genesis 25:8Deuteronomy 32:50 25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:[ † ]Numbers 33:38Deuteronomy 32:50 26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people , and shall die there. 27And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.[ † ]Exodus 29:29-30Deuteronomy 10:6Numbers 33:38 29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.[ † ]Genesis 50:3-10Deuteronomy 34:8