20 1 Miriam dieth.  2 The people murmur. 8 They have water out of the rock. 14 Edom denieth the Israelites passage. 25, 28 The death of Aaron in whose room Eleazar succeedeth.

Then the children of Israel came with the whole Congregation to the desert of Zin in the first [a]month, and the people abode at Kadesh: where [b]Miriam died, and was buried there.

But there was no water for the Congregation, and they [c]assembled themselves against Moses and against Aaron.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:1 This was forty years after their departure from Egypt.
  2. Numbers 20:1 Moses and Aaron’s sister.
  3. Numbers 20:2 Another rebellion was in Raphidim, Exod. 17, and this was in Kadesh.

Water From the Rock

20 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin,(A) and they stayed at Kadesh.(B) There Miriam(C) died and was buried.

Now there was no water(D) for the community,(E) and the people gathered in opposition(F) to Moses and Aaron.

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