Numbers 20:4–21

⁴And ^gwhy have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? ⁵And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. ⁶And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and ^hthey fell upon their faces: and ⁱthe glory of the Lord appeared unto them. ⁷And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^8kTake 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 ^lthou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. ⁹And Moses took the rod ^mfrom before the Lord, as he commanded him. ¹⁰And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, ⁿHear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? ¹¹And Moses lift up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and ^othe water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. ¹²And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ^pye believed me not, to ^qsanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. ^13rThis is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

^14sAnd Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto ^tthe king of Edom, Thus saith ^uthy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: ^15vhow our fathers went down into Egypt, ^wand we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; ^xand the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: ¹⁶and ^ywhen we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and ^zsent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: ^17alet 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. ¹⁸And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. ¹⁹And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by ^bthe high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, ^cthen I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. ²⁰And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. ²¹Thus Edom ^drefused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel ^eturned away from him.