Aaron-and Moses Strikes Rock*
Numbers 20:1-13, 22-29; Deuteronomy 29:5| New World Translation© |
| Numbers 20 |
| (1-13) And the sons of Israel, the entire assembly, proceeded to come into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people took up dwelling in Ka´desh. It was there that Mir´i·am died and there that she was buried. 2Now there proved to be no water for the assembly, and they began to congregate themselves against Moses and Aaron. 3And the people went quarreling with Moses and saying: “If only we had expired when our brothers expired before Jehovah! 4And why have YOU men brought Jehovah’s congregation into this wilderness for us and our beasts of burden to die there? 5And why have YOU conducted us up out of Egypt to bring us into this evil place? It is no place of seed and figs and vines and pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.” 6Then Moses and Aaron came from before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell upon their faces, and Jehovah’s glory began to appear to them. 7Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying: 8“Take the rod and call the assembly together, you and Aaron your brother, and YOU must speak to the crag before their eyes that it may indeed give its water; and you must bring out water for them from the crag and give the assembly and their beasts of burden drink.” 9So Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, just as he had commanded him. 10After that Moses and Aaron called the congregation together before the crag, and he proceeded to say to them: “Hear, now, YOU rebels! Is it from this crag that we shall bring out water for YOU?” 11With that Moses lifted his hand up and struck the crag with his rod twice; and much water began to come out, and the assembly and their beasts of burden began to drink. 12Later Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron: “Because YOU did not show faith in me to sanctify me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore YOU will not bring this congregation into the land that I shall certainly give them.” 13These are the waters of Mer´i·bah, because the sons of Israel quarreled with Jehovah, so that he was sanctified among them. |
| (22-29) And the sons of Israel, the entire assembly, proceeded to pull away from Ka´desh and come to Mount Hor. 23Then Jehovah said this to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor by the border of the land of E´dom: 24“Aaron will be gathered to his people, for he will not enter into the land that I shall certainly give to the sons of Israel, on the ground that YOU men rebelled against my order respecting the waters of Mer´i·bah. 25Take Aaron and El·e·a´zar his son and bring them up into Mount Hor. 26And strip Aaron of his garments, and you must clothe with them El·e·a´zar his son; and Aaron will be gathered and must die there.” 27So Moses did just as Jehovah had commanded; and before the eyes of all the assembly they went climbing Mount Hor. 28Then Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and clothed El·e·a´zar his son with them, after which Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. And Moses and El·e·a´zar came on down from the mountain. 29And all the assembly got to see that Aaron had expired, and all the house of Israel continued weeping for Aaron thirty days. |
| Deuteronomy 29 |
| (5) ‘While I kept guiding YOU forty years in the wilderness, YOUR garments did not wear out upon YOU, and your sandal did not wear out upon your foot. |
| New World Translation© |
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Citations consist of 22 unique verses from 2 Books.