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World English Bible

Numbers 20 (WEBP)

[1] The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
[2] There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
[3] The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
[4] Why have you brought Yahweh’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
[5] Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in 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] Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. Yahweh’s glory appeared to them.
[7] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[8] “Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring water to them out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.”
[9] Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.
[10] Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you?”
[11] Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
[12] Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
[13] These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
[14] Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;
[15] how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.
[16] When we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.
[17] “Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.”
[18] Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”
[19] The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”
[20] He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
[21] Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
[22] They traveled from Kadesh, and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
[23] Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
[24] “Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
[25] Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;
[26] and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”
[27] Moses did as Yahweh commanded. They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
[28] Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
[29] When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Numbers 20:13 “Meribah” means “quarreling”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Numbers 20 (KJVS)

[1] Then 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.
[2] And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
[3] And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
[4] And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
[5] And 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.
[6] And 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.
[7] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
[8] Take 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.
[9] And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.
[10] And 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?
[11] And 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.
[12] And 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.
[13] This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
[14] And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
[15] how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
[16] and 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:
[17] let 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.
[18] And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
[19] And 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.
[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 border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
[22] And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
[23] And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
[24] Aaron 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.
[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 unto his people, and shall die there.
[27] And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
[28] And 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.
[29] And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Numbers 20:13 That is, strife
Numbers 20:24 Heb. mouth

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Numbers 20 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἦλθον () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ, () πᾶσα () ἡ () συναγωγή, () εἰς () τὴν () ἔρημον () Σιν ἐν () τῷ () μηνὶ () τῷ () πρώτῳ, () καὶ () κατέμεινεν () ὁ () λαὸς () ἐν () Καδης, καὶ () ἐτελεύτησεν () ἐκεῖ () Μαριαμ () καὶ () ἐτάφη () ἐκεῖ. ()
[2] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὕδωρ () τῇ () συναγωγῇ, () καὶ () ἠθροίσθησαν ἐπὶ () Μωυσῆν () καὶ () Ααρων. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐλοιδορεῖτο () ὁ () λαὸς () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () λέγοντες () Ὄφελον () ἀπεθάνομεν () ἐν () τῇ () ἀπωλείᾳ () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () ἡμῶν () ἔναντι () κυρίου· ()
[4] καὶ () ἵνα () τί () ἀνηγάγετε () τὴν () συναγωγὴν () κυρίου () εἰς () τὴν () ἔρημον () ταύτην () ἀποκτεῖναι () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () τὰ () κτήνη () ἡμῶν; ()
[5] Καὶ () ἵνα () τί () τοῦτο () ἀνηγάγετε () ἡμᾶς () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου () παραγενέσθαι () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον () τὸν () πονηρὸν () τοῦτον; () Τόπος, () οὗ () οὐ () σπείρεται () οὐδὲ () συκαῖ () οὐδὲ () ἄμπελοι () οὐδὲ () ῥόαι οὐδὲ () ὕδωρ () ἐστὶν () πιεῖν. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Μωϋσῆς () καὶ () Ααρων () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῆς () συναγωγῆς () ἐπὶ () τὴν () θύραν () τῆς () σκηνῆς () τοῦ () μαρτυρίου () καὶ () ἔπεσαν () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον, () καὶ () ὤφθη () ἡ () δόξα () κυρίου () πρὸς () αὐτούς. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () λέγων ()
[8] Λαβὲ () τὴν () ῥάβδον () καὶ () ἐκκλησίασον τὴν () συναγωγὴν () σὺ () καὶ () Ααρων () ὁ () ἀδελφός () σου () καὶ () λαλήσατε () πρὸς () τὴν () πέτραν () ἔναντι () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () δώσει () τὰ () ὕδατα () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἐξοίσετε () αὐτοῖς () ὕδωρ () ἐκ () τῆς () πέτρας () καὶ () ποτιεῖτε () τὴν () συναγωγὴν () καὶ () τὰ () κτήνη () αὐτῶν. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Μωϋσῆς () τὴν () ῥάβδον () τὴν () ἀπέναντι () κυρίου, () καθὰ () συνέταξεν () κύριος· ()
[10] καὶ () ἐξεκκλησίασεν Μωϋσῆς () καὶ () Ααρων () τὴν () συναγωγὴν () ἀπέναντι () τῆς () πέτρας () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτούς () Ἀκούσατέ () μου, () οἱ () ἀπειθεῖς· () μὴ () ἐκ () τῆς () πέτρας () ταύτης () ἐξάξομεν () ὑμῖν () ὕδωρ; ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐπάρας () Μωϋσῆς () τὴν () χεῖρα () αὐτοῦ () ἐπάταξεν () τὴν () πέτραν () τῇ () ῥάβδῳ () δίς, () καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () ὕδωρ () πολύ, () καὶ () ἔπιεν () ἡ () συναγωγὴ () καὶ () τὰ () κτήνη () αὐτῶν. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () καὶ () Ααρων () Ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐπιστεύσατε () ἁγιάσαι () με () ἐναντίον () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ, () διὰ () τοῦτο () οὐκ () εἰσάξετε () ὑμεῖς () τὴν () συναγωγὴν () ταύτην () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἣν () δέδωκα () αὐτοῖς. ()
[13] Τοῦτο () ὕδωρ () ἀντιλογίας, () ὅτι () ἐλοιδορήθησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἔναντι () κυρίου () καὶ () ἡγιάσθη () ἐν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Μωϋσῆς () ἀγγέλους () ἐκ () Καδης πρὸς () βασιλέα () Εδωμ λέγων () Τάδε () λέγει () ὁ () ἀδελφός () σου () Ισραηλ () Σὺ () ἐπίστῃ () πάντα () τὸν () μόχθον () τὸν () εὑρόντα () ἡμᾶς, ()
[15] καὶ () κατέβησαν () οἱ () πατέρες () ἡμῶν () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον, () καὶ () παρῳκήσαμεν () ἐν () Αἰγύπτῳ () ἡμέρας () πλείους, () καὶ () ἐκάκωσαν () ἡμᾶς () οἱ () Αἰγύπτιοι () καὶ () τοὺς () πατέρας () ἡμῶν, ()
[16] καὶ () ἀνεβοήσαμεν () πρὸς () κύριον, () καὶ () εἰσήκουσεν () κύριος () τῆς () φωνῆς () ἡμῶν () καὶ () ἀποστείλας () ἄγγελον () ἐξήγαγεν () ἡμᾶς () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου, () καὶ () νῦν () ἐσμεν () ἐν () Καδης, πόλει () ἐκ () μέρους () τῶν () ὁρίων () σου· ()
[17] παρελευσόμεθα () διὰ () τῆς () γῆς () σου, () οὐ () διελευσόμεθα () δι’ () ἀγρῶν () οὐδὲ () δι’ () ἀμπελώνων () οὐδὲ () πιόμεθα () ὕδωρ () ἐκ () λάκκου σου, () ὁδῷ () βασιλικῇ () πορευσόμεθα, () οὐκ () ἐκκλινοῦμεν () δεξιὰ () οὐδὲ () εὐώνυμα, () ἕως () ἂν () παρέλθωμεν () τὰ () ὅριά () σου. ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Εδωμ Οὐ () διελεύσῃ () δι’ () ἐμοῦ· () εἰ () δὲ () μή, () ἐν () πολέμῳ () ἐξελεύσομαι () εἰς () συνάντησίν () σοι. ()
[19] Καὶ () λέγουσιν () αὐτῷ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () Παρὰ () τὸ () ὄρος () παρελευσόμεθα· () ἐὰν () δὲ () τοῦ () ὕδατός () σου () πίωμεν () ἐγώ () τε () καὶ () τὰ () κτήνη, () δώσω () τιμήν () σοι· () ἀλλὰ () τὸ () πρᾶγμα () οὐδέν () ἐστιν, () παρὰ () τὸ () ὄρος () παρελευσόμεθα. ()
[20] Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν () Οὐ () διελεύσῃ () δι’ () ἐμοῦ· () καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () Εδωμ εἰς () συνάντησιν () αὐτῷ () ἐν () ὄχλῳ () βαρεῖ () καὶ () ἐν () χειρὶ () ἰσχυρᾷ. ()
[21] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν () Εδωμ δοῦναι () τῷ () Ισραηλ () παρελθεῖν () διὰ () τῶν () ὁρίων () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἐξέκλινεν () Ισραηλ () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἀπῆραν () ἐκ () Καδης· καὶ () παρεγένοντο () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ, () πᾶσα () ἡ () συναγωγή, () εἰς () Ωρ τὸ () ὄρος. ()
[23] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () καὶ () Ααρων () ἐν () Ωρ τῷ () ὄρει () ἐπὶ () τῶν () ὁρίων () γῆς () Εδωμ λέγων ()
[24] Προστεθήτω () Ααρων () πρὸς () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () οὐ () μὴ () εἰσέλθητε () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἣν () δέδωκα () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ, () διότι () παρωξύνατέ () με () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () ὕδατος () τῆς () λοιδορίας. ()
[25] Λαβὲ () τὸν () Ααρων () καὶ () Ελεαζαρ () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀναβίβασον () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () Ωρ τὸ () ὄρος () ἔναντι () πάσης () τῆς () συναγωγῆς ()
[26] καὶ () ἔκδυσον () Ααρων () τὴν () στολὴν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἔνδυσον () Ελεαζαρ () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () Ααρων () προστεθεὶς () ἀποθανέτω () ἐκεῖ. ()
[27] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () Μωϋσῆς () καθὰ () συνέταξεν () κύριος, () καὶ () ἀνεβίβασεν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () Ωρ τὸ () ὄρος () ἐναντίον () πάσης () τῆς () συναγωγῆς. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἐξέδυσεν () Ααρων () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐνέδυσεν () αὐτὰ () Ελεαζαρ () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Ααρων () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κορυφῆς τοῦ () ὄρους, () καὶ () κατέβη () Μωϋσῆς () καὶ () Ελεαζαρ () ἐκ () τοῦ () ὄρους. ()
[29] Καὶ () εἶδεν () πᾶσα () ἡ () συναγωγὴ () ὅτι () ἀπελύθη () Ααρων, () καὶ () ἔκλαυσαν () τὸν () Ααρων () τριάκοντα () ἡμέρας () πᾶς () οἶκος () Ισραηλ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.