8"Take1the rod; and you and your brotherAaronassemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bringforthwater for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beastsdrink."
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So Mosestook the rod2from before* the LORD, just as He had commanded him;
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and Moses and Aarongathered the assemblybefore* the rock. And he said to them, "3Listennow, you rebels; shall we bringforthwater for you out of thisrock?"
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Then Moseslifted up his hand and struck the rocktwice with his rod; and 4watercameforthabundantly, and the congregation and their beastsdrank.
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But the LORDsaid to Moses and Aaron, "5Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bringthisassembly into the landwhich I have given them."
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Those were the waters of 6Meribah, because the sons of Israelcontended with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them.
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From KadeshMoses then sentmessengers to 7the king of Edom: "Thus your brotherIsrael has said, 'You 8knowall the hardship that has befallen us;
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that our fatherswentdown to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a longtime, and the Egyptianstreated us and our fathersbadly.
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'But 9when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent10an angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.
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'Please11let us pass through your land. We will not passthroughfield or through vineyard; we will not even drinkwater from a well. We will go along the king'shighway, not turning to the right or left, until* we passthrough your territory.' "
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12Edom, however, said to him, "You shall not passthrough us, or I will come out with the swordagainst you."
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Again, the sons of Israelsaid to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if I and 13my livestock do drink any of your water, 14then I will pay its price. Let me onlypassthrough on my feet, nothing* else."
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But he said, "15You shall not passthrough." And Edomcame out against him with a heavyforce and with a stronghand.
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16Thus Edomrefused to allowIsrael to passthrough his territory; 17so Israelturnedaway from him.
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Now when they set out from 18Kadesh, the sons of Israel, the wholecongregation, came to MountHor.