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Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the firstmonth: and the peopleabode in Kadesh; and Miriamdied there, and was buried there.
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And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evilplace? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
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And Moses and Aaronwent 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 LORDappeared unto them.
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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 beastsdrink.
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And Moses and Aarongathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
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And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rocktwice: and the water came outabundantly, and the congregationdrank, and their beasts also.
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And the LORDspake 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.
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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:
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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.
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And the children of Israelsaid unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattledrink of thy water, then I will pay* for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
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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.
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And MosesstrippedAaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aarondied there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.