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.
1 veneruntque filii Israhel et omnis multitudo in desertum Sin mense primo
et mansit populus in Cades
mortuaque est ibi Maria et sepulta in eodem loco
2 cumque indigeret aqua populus
coierunt adversum Mosen et Aaron
3 et versi in seditionem dixerunt
utinam perissemus inter fratres nostros coram Domino
4 cur eduxistis ecclesiam Domini in solitudinem
ut et nos et nostra iumenta moriantur
5 quare nos fecistis ascendere de Aegypto
et adduxistis in locum istum pessimum qui seri non potest
qui nec ficum gignit nec vineas nec mala granata
insuper et aquam non habet ad bibendum
6 ingressusque Moses et Aaron dimissa multitudine tabernaculum foederis
corruerunt proni in terram
et apparuit gloria Domini super eos
7 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
8 tolle virgam et congrega populum tu et Aaron frater tuus
et loquimini ad petram coram eis et illa dabit aquas
cumque eduxeris aquam de petra
bibet omnis multitudo et iumenta eius
9 tulit igitur Moses virgam quae erat in conspectu Domini
sicut praeceperat ei
10 congregata multitudine ante petram dixitque eis
audite rebelles et increduli
num de petra hac vobis aquam poterimus eicere
11 cumque elevasset Moses manum percutiens virga bis silicem
egressae sunt aquae largissimae
ita ut et populus biberet et iumenta
12 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen et Aaron
quia non credidistis mihi ut sanctificaretis me coram filiis Israhel
non introducetis hos populos in terram quam dabo eis
13 haec est aqua Contradictionis
ubi iurgati sunt filii Israhel contra Dominum
et sanctificatus est in eis
14 misit interea nuntios Moses de Cades ad regem Edom qui dicerent
haec mandat frater tuus Israhel
nosti omnem laborem qui adprehendit nos
15 quomodo descenderint patres nostri in Aegyptum
et habitaverimus ibi multo tempore
adflixerintque nos Aegyptii et patres nostros
16 et quomodo clamaverimus ad Dominum et exaudierit nos
miseritque angelum qui eduxerit nos de Aegypto
ecce in urbe Cades quae est in extremis finibus tuis positi
17 obsecramus ut nobis transire liceat per terram tuam
non ibimus per agros nec per vineas
non bibemus aquas de puteis tuis
sed gradiemur via publica nec ad dextram nec ad sinistram declinantes
donec transeamus terminos tuos
18 cui respondit Edom
non transibis per me alioquin armatus occurram tibi
19 dixeruntque filii Israhel per tritam gradiemur viam
et si biberimus aquas tuas nos et pecora nostra
dabimus quod iustum est nulla erit in pretio difficultas
tantum velociter transeamus
20 at ille respondit non transibis
statimque egressus est obvius cum infinita multitudine et manu forti
21 nec voluit adquiescere deprecanti
ut concederet transitum per fines suos
quam ob rem devertit ab eo Israhel
22 cumque castra movissent de Cades
venerunt in montem Or qui est in finibus terrae Edom
23 ubi locutus est Dominus ad Mosen
24 pergat inquit Aaron ad populos suos
non enim intrabit terram quam dedi filiis Israhel
eo quod incredulus fuerit ori meo ad aquas Contradictionis
25 tolle Aaron et filium eius cum eo et duces eos in montem Or
26 cumque nudaveris patrem veste sua
indues ea Eleazarum filium eius
et Aaron colligetur et morietur ibi
27 fecit Moses ut praeceperat Dominus
et ascenderunt in montem Or coram omni multitudine
28 cumque Aaron spoliasset vestibus suis
induit eis Eleazarum filium eius
29 illo mortuo in montis supercilio descendit cum Eleazaro
30 omnis autem multitudo videns occubuisse
Aaron
flevit super eo triginta diebus per cunctas familias suas