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Numbers 20:9-19

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9 So Moses took the rod 1from before * the LORD, just as He had commanded him;
10 and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before * the rock. And he said to them, "2Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?"
11 Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and 3water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank.
12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "4Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."
13 Those were the waters of 5Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them.
14 From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to 6the king of Edom: "Thus your brother Israel has said, 'You 7know all the hardship that has befallen us;
15 that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly.
16 'But 8when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent 9an angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.
17 'Please 10let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king's highway, not turning to the right or left, until * we pass through your territory.' "
18 11Edom, however, said to him, "You shall not pass through us, or I will come out with the sword against you."
19 Again, the sons of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if I and 12my livestock do drink any of your water, 13then I will pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, nothing * else."
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Numbers 20:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 20

In this chapter is an account of the children of Israel coming to the wilderness of Zin, where Miriam died, and where wanting water they murmured, Nu 20:1-5, upon which Moses and Aaron applied to the Lord, who ordered Moses to speak to a rock, which should give forth water, and which being smitten by him, accordingly did, Nu 20:6-11, but Moses and Aaron, in their conduct of this affair, displeased the Lord, Nu 20:12,13, after this, Moses sent to the king of Edom to desire a passage through his country, which request was refused, Nu 20:14-21, upon Israel's coming to Mount Hor, Aaron, by order, went up to the mount, and, when stripped of his clothes, which were put on his son Eleazar, he died, lamented by all the people, Nu 20:22-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

  • 1. Numbers 17:10
  • 2. Psalms 106:33
  • 3. Psalms 78:16; Isaiah 48:21; 1 Corinthians 10:4
  • 4. Numbers 20:24; Numbers 27:14; Deuteronomy 1:37; Deuteronomy 3:26, 27
  • 5. Exodus 17:7; Psalms 95:8
  • 6. Genesis 36:31-39; Deuteronomy 2:4
  • 7. Joshua 2:9, 10; Joshua 9:9, 10, 24
  • 8. Exodus 2:23; Exodus 3:7
  • 9. Exodus 14:19
  • 10. Numbers 21:22
  • 11. Numbers 24:18
  • 12. Exodus 12:38
  • 13. Deuteronomy 2:6, 28

Footnotes 5

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