20:1 Then came the benai Yisrael, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriyam died there, and was buried there.
20:2 And there was no mayim for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Mosheh and against Aharon.
20:3 And the people chode with Mosheh, and spake, saying, Would Elohim (אלהים) that we had died when our brethren died before YHWH (יהוה)!
20:4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of YHWH (יהוה) into this midbar, that we and our cattle should die there?
20:5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Mitzrayim, 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 mayim to drink.
20:6 And Mosheh and Aharon went from the presence of the assembly unto the entrance of the Oleh Moed, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of YHWH (יהוה) appeared unto them.
20:7 And YHWH (יהוה) spake unto Mosheh, saying,
20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aharon thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his mayim, and thou shalt bring forth to them mayim out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
20:9 And Mosheh took the rod from before YHWH (יהוה), as he commanded him.
20:10 And Mosheh and Aharon gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Shema now, ye rebels; must we fetch you mayim out of this rock?
20:11 And Mosheh lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the mayim came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts [also].
20:12 And YHWH (יהוה) spake unto Mosheh and Aharon, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the benai Yisrael, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the eretz which I have given them.
20:13 This [is] the mayim of Merivah; because the benai Yisrael strove with YHWH (יהוה), and he was sanctified in them.
20:14 And Mosheh sent messengers from Kadesh unto the melek Edom, Thus saith thy brother Yisrael, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
20:15 How our avot went down into Mitzrayim, and we have dwelt in Mitzrayim a long time; and the Mitzrites vexed us, and our avot:
20:16 And when we cried unto YHWH (יהוה), he heard our voice, and sent an messenger, and hath brought us forth out of Mitzrayim: and, Hinei, we [are] in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
20:17 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 mayim 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.
20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
20:19 And the benai Yisrael said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy mayim, then I will pay for it: I will only, without [doing] any thing [else], go through on my feet.
20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Yisrael passage through his border: wherefore Yisrael turned away from him.
20:22 And the benai Yisrael, [even] the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
20:23 And YHWH (יהוה) spake unto Mosheh and Aharon in mount Hor, by the coast of the eretz of Edom, saying,
20:24 Aharon shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the eretz which I have given unto the benai Yisrael, because ye rebelled against my word at the mayim of Merivah.
20:25 Take Aharon and El Azar (אלעזר) his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
20:26 And strip Aharon of his garments, and put them upon El Azar (אלעזר) his son: and Aharon shall be gathered [unto his people], and shall die there.
20:27 And Mosheh did as YHWH (יהוה) commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
20:28 And Mosheh stripped Aharon of his garments, and put them upon El Azar (אלעזר) his son; and Aharon died there in the top of the mount: and Mosheh and El Azar (אלעזר) came down from the mount.
20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aharon was dead, they mourned for Aharon thirty days, [even] all the Bayit Yisrael.