Verse 14
Numbers 20:14
Free Bible Version
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Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, telling him, “This is what your brother Israel says. You know all about the difficulties we've faced.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֧ה מַלְאָכִ֛ים מִ/קָּדֵ֖שׁ אֶל מֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֑וֹם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אָחִ֣י/ךָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ אֵ֥ת כָּל הַ/תְּלָאָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְצָאָֽתְ/נוּ
English Translation
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, "Thus says your brother Israel: You have known all the hardship that has found us."
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Chapter 20 Context
1
It was during the first month of the year that all the Israelites arrived in the Desert of Zin and s...
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However, there was no water there for anyone to drink, so the people gathered to confront Moses and...
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3
They argued with Moses, saying, “If only we'd died with our relatives in the Lord's presence!
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4
Why have you brought the Lord's people into this desert just so we and our livestock can die here?
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5
Why did you lead us out of Egypt to come to this awful place? Nothing grows here—no grain or figs or...
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6
Moses and Aaron left the people and went to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. There they fell fac...
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7
The Lord told Moses,
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8
“Take the walking stick and have the people gather around you. As they watch, you and your brother A...
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9
Moses picked up the walking stick that was kept in the Lord's presence, as he had been ordered.
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10
Moses and Aaron had everyone gather in front of the rock. Moses said to them, “Listen, you bunch of...
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11
Then Moses picked up the walking stick and hit the rock twice. Streams of water gushed out so that t...
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12
But the Lord told Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn't trust me enough to demonstrate how holy I am...
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13
The place where the Israelites argued with the Lord was called the waters of Meribah, and was where...
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14
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, telling him, “This is what your brother Israe...
15
Our forefathers went to Egypt and we lived there for a long time. The Egyptians treated us and our f...
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16
so we called out to the Lord for help, and he heard our cries. He sent an angel and led us out of Eg...
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17
Please allow us to travel through your country. We won't cross any of your fields or vineyards, or d...
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18
But the king of Edom replied, “You are forbidden to travel through our country, otherwise we will co...
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19
“We'll keep to the main road,” the Israelites persisted. “If we or our livestock drink your water, w...
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20
But the king of Edom insisted, “You are forbidden to travel through our country!” He came out with h...
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21
Since the king of Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through his territory, the Israelites had t...
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22
At Mount Hor, near the border with the country of Edom, the Lord told Moses and Aaron,
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23
“Aaron will shortly join his forefathers in death. He will not enter the country I have given the Is...
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24
Take off Aaron's priestly clothes and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron is going to die there and j...
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25
Moses did as the Lord ordered: They climbed up Mount Hor in full view of all the Israelites.
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26
Moses removed the priestly clothes that Aaron was wearing and put them on Aaron's son Eleazar. Aaron...
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27
When the people realized that Aaron had died, they all mourned for him for thirty days.
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