Numbers 20:12-26

¹²And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you° have not believed me to sanctify me before the children of Israel, therefore you° shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

¹³This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

¹⁴And Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says your brother Israel; You know all the distress that has come upon us.

¹⁵And how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

¹⁶And we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of Cades, at the extremity of your coasts.

¹⁷We will pass through your land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of your cistern: we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed your borders.

¹⁸And Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet you in war.

¹⁹And the children of Israel say to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of your water, I will pay you: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain.

²⁰And he said, You shall not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand.

²¹So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him.

²²And they departed from Cades; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Or.

²³And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Or, on the borders of the land of Edom, saying,

²⁴Let Aaron be added to his people; for you° shall certainly not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because you° provoked me at the water of strife.

²⁵Take Aaron, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to the mount Or before all the congregation;

²⁶and take Aaron's apparel from off him, and put it on Eleazar his son: and let Aaron die there and be added to his people.