1 And the sons of Israel, all the congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people abode in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there. 2 And there had been no water for the congregation, and they were assembled against Moses and against Aaron, 3 and the people strove with Moses and spoke, saying, “And oh that we had breathed our last when our brothers breathed their last before YHWH! 4 And why have you brought in the assembly of YHWH to this wilderness to die there, we and our beasts? 5 And why have you brought us up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of seed, and fig, and vine, and pomegranate. And there is no water to drink.” 6 And Moses and Aaron went in from the presence of the assembly to the opening of the Tent of Meeting and fell on their faces, and the glory of YHWH was seen by them. 7 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, 8 “Take the rod and assemble the congregation—you and your brother Aaron—and you will speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will give its water, and you will bring out water to them from the rock, and water the congregation and their beasts.” 9 And Moses took the rod from before YHWH as He had commanded him, 10 and Moses and Aaron assembled the assembly to the front of the rock, and he said to them, “Now hear, O rebels, do we bring out water to you from this rock?” 11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice. And much water came out, and the congregation drank, and their beasts drank. 12 And YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron, “Because you have not believed in Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore you will not bring in this assembly to the land which I have given to them.” 13 These are the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have “striven” with YHWH, and He is sanctified among them. 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, “Thus said your brother Israel: You will know all the travail which has found us, 15 that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt for many days, and the Egyptians did evil to us and to our fathers. 16 Then we cried to YHWH, and He heard our voice, and sent a Messenger, and brought us out of Egypt. And look, we are in Kadesh, a city in the extremity of your border. 17 Please let us pass over through your land. We will not pass over through a field or through a vineyard, nor will we drink waters of a well. We go the way of the king, we will not turn aside to the right or left until we pass over your border.” 18 And Edom said to him, “You will not pass over through me, lest I come out to meet you with the sword.” 19 And the sons of Israel said to him, “We go in the highway, and if we drink of your waters—I and my livestock—then I will give their price. Only, let me pass over on my feet, nothing more.” 20 And he said, “You will not pass over.” And Edom came out to meet him with many people and with a strong hand. 21 And Edom refused to permit Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turned aside from off him. 22 And the sons of Israel, all the congregation, journeyed from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor, 23 and YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron in Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying, 24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people, for he will not go into the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because that you provoked My mouth at the waters of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and his son Eleazar, and cause them to go up Mount Hor, 26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and you will clothe his son Eleazar with them, and Aaron will be gathered, and die there.” 27 And Moses did as YHWH had commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the congregation, 28 and Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and clothed his son Eleazar with them, and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. And Moses came down—Eleazar also—from the mountain, 29 and all the congregation saw that Aaron had breathed his last, and all the house of Israel lamented Aaron for 30 days.