22AND ALL THAT HE WILL TOUCH <IN> <THE> IT THE UNCLEAN [PERSON] IT WILL BE UNCLEAN AND THE PERSON WHO TOUCHES [IT] IT WILL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVENING 22Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”
1AND THEY CAME [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ALL THE CONGREGATION [THE] WILDERNESS OF ZIN IN THE MONTH <THE> FIRST AND IT REMAINED THE PEOPLE IN KADESH AND SHE DIED THERE MIRIAM AND SHE WAS BURIED THERE Water from the Rock (Exodus 17:1–7) 1In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
2AND NOT IT BELONGED WATER TO THE CONGREGATION AND THEY ASSEMBLED ON MOSES AND ON AARON 2Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
3AND IT QUARRELED THE PEOPLE WITH MOSES AND THEY SAID <TO> SAYING AND IF WE HAD DIED WHEN DIED BROTHERS OUR <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH 3The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
4AND <TO> WHY? HAVE YOU BROUGHT <OBJ.> [THE] ASSEMBLY OF YAHWEH INTO THE WILDERNESS <THE> THIS TO DIE THERE WE AND LIVESTOCK OUR 4Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
5AND <TO> WHY? HAVE YOU BROUGHT UP US FROM EGYPT TO BRING <OBJ.> US TO THE PLACE THE EVIL <THE> THIS NOT A PLACE OF SEED AND FIG TREE AND VINE AND POMEGRANATE AND [IS] WATER THERE NOT TO DRINK 5Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates— and there is no water to drink!”
6AND HE WENT MOSES AND AARON FROM BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY TO [THE] ENTRANCE OF [THE] TENT OF MEETING AND THEY FELL ON FACES THEIR AND IT APPEARED [THE] GLORY OF YAHWEH TO THEM 6Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
8TAKE <OBJ.> THE ROD AND ASSEMBLE <OBJ.> THE CONGREGATION YOU AND AARON BROTHER YOUR AND YOU WILL SPEAK TO THE ROCK TO EYES THEIR AND IT WILL GIVE WATER ITS AND YOU WILL BRING OUT FOR <THE> THEM WATER FROM THE ROCK AND YOU WILL GIVE DRINK TO <OBJ.> THE CONGREGATION AND <OBJ.> LIVESTOCK THEIR 8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
9AND HE TOOK MOSES <OBJ.> THE ROD FROM TO BEFORE YAHWEH JUST AS HE HAD COMMANDED HIM 9So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
10AND THEY MADE ASSEMBLE MOSES AND AARON <OBJ.> THE ASSEMBLY TO [THE] FACE OF THE ROCK AND HE SAID TO <THE> THEM LISTEN PLEASE O REBELS ¿ FROM THE ROCK <THE> THIS WILL WE BRING OUT FOR <THE> YOU WATER 10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
11AND HE RAISED MOSES <OBJ.> HAND HIS AND HE STRUCK <OBJ.> THE ROCK WITH ROD HIS TWO TIMES AND THEY CAME OUT WATERS MANY AND IT DRANK THE CONGREGATION AND LIVESTOCK THEIR 11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
12AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO MOSES AND TO AARON BECAUSE NOT YOU BELIEVED <IN> <THE> ME TO TREAT AS HOLY ME TO [THE] EYES OF [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL <TO> THEREFORE NOT YOU WILL BRING <OBJ.> THE ASSEMBLY <THE> THIS INTO THE LAND WHICH I HAVE GIVEN TO <THE> THEM 12But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
13THEY [WERE] [THE] WATERS OF MERIBAH WHERE THEY QUARRELED [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WITH YAHWEH AND HE SHOWED HIMSELF HOLY AMONG <THE> THEM 13These were the waters of Meribah,*NoteCloseMeribah means quarreling; also in verse 24; see Exodus 17:7. where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
14AND HE SENT MOSES MESSENGERS FROM KADESH TO [THE] KING OF EDOM THUS HE SAYS BROTHER YOUR ISRAEL YOU YOU KNOW <OBJ.> ALL THE HARDSHIP WHICH IT HAS COME UPON US Edom Refuses Passage 14From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
15AND THEY WENT DOWN ANCESTORS OUR EGYPT TOWARDS AND WE DWELT IN EGYPT DAYS MANY AND THEY DID HARM TO <THE> US EGYPT AND TO ANCESTORS OUR 15how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
16AND WE CRIED OUT TO YAHWEH AND HE HEARD VOICE OUR AND HE SENT AN ANGEL AND HE BROUGHT OUT US FROM EGYPT AND HERE! WE [ARE] IN KADESH <THE> CITY OF [THE] OUTSKIRT[S] OF TERRITORY YOUR 16and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
17LET US PASS PLEASE IN LAND YOUR NOT WE WILL PASS IN A FIELD AND IN A VINEYARD AND NOT WE WILL DRINK WATER OF A WELL [THE] WAY OF THE KING WE WILL GO NOT WE WILL TURN ASIDE RIGHT AND LEFT UNTIL THAT WE WILL PASS THROUGH TERRITORY YOUR 17Please let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
18AND IT SAID TO HIM EDOM NOT YOU WILL PASS IN <THE> ME LEST WITH THE SWORD I SHOULD COME OUT TO MEET YOU 18But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
19AND THEY SAID TO HIM [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ON THE HIGHWAY WE WILL GO UP AND IF WATERS YOUR WE WILL DRINK I AND LIVESTOCK MY AND I WILL GIVE PRICE THEIR ONLY THERE NOT [IS] A THING ON FEET MY LET ME PASS THROUGH 19“We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”
20AND IT SAID NOT YOU WILL PASS THROUGH AND IT CAME OUT EDOM TO MEET HIM WITH A PEOPLE MASSIVE AND WITH A HAND STRONG 20But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
21AND IT REFUSED EDOM TO PERMIT <OBJ.> ISRAEL TO PASS IN TERRITORY ITS AND IT TURNED ASIDE ISRAEL FROM ON <THE> IT 21So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.
22AND THEY SET OUT FROM KADESH AND THEY CAME [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ALL THE CONGREGATION HOR THE MOUNTAIN The Death of Aaron 22After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.
23AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO MOSES AND TO AARON AT HOR THE MOUNTAIN ON [THE] BORDER OF [THE] LAND OF EDOM <TO> SAYING 23And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
24HE WILL BE GATHERED AARON TO PEOPLE<S> HIS FOR NOT HE WILL GO INTO THE LAND WHICH I HAVE GIVEN TO [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ON THAT YOU REBELLED AGAINST <OBJ.> MOUTH MY TO [THE] WATERS OF MERIBAH 24“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
25TAKE <OBJ.> AARON AND <OBJ.> ELEAZAR SON HIS AND BRING UP <OBJ.> THEM HOR THE MOUNTAIN 25Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor.
26AND STRIP OFF <OBJ.> AARON <OBJ.> GARMENTS HIS AND YOU WILL CLOTHE WITH THEM <OBJ.> ELEAZAR SON HIS AND AARON HE WILL BE GATHERED AND HE WILL DIE THERE 26Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”
27AND HE DID MOSES JUST AS HE HAD COMMANDED YAHWEH AND THEY WENT UP TO HOR THE MOUNTAIN TO [THE] EYES OF ALL THE CONGREGATION 27So Moses did as the LORD had commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole congregation.
28AND HE STRIPPED OFF MOSES <OBJ.> AARON <OBJ.> GARMENTS HIS AND HE CLOTHED WITH THEM <OBJ.> ELEAZAR SON HIS AND HE DIED AARON THERE AT [THE] TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND HE WENT DOWN MOSES AND ELEAZAR FROM THE MOUNTAIN 28After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
29AND THEY SAW ALL THE CONGREGATION THAT HE HAD DIED AARON AND THEY WEPT FOR <OBJ.> AARON THIRTY DAY[S] ALL [THE] HOUSE OF ISRAEL 29When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.