Numbers 20:16-29

¹⁶And we prayed before the Lord, and He accepted our prayers, and sent an Angel, and brought us out from Mizraim; and, behold, we are in Rekem, a city which is on the side of thy border.

¹⁷Let us now pass through thy country: we will not go through a field or through a vineyard, nor will we drink up the water of the cistern: on the king’s highway will we travel; we will not turn to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through thy border

¹⁸But Edomea said to him, Thou shalt not pass through my border, lest I come out against thee with the slaughtering sword.

¹⁹And the sons of Israel said to him, We would go up by the trodden way; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, we will give thee the price of it; we will do nothing evil; upon my feet I will pass through.

²⁰But he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edomea came out to meet him with great force and with a strong hand.

²¹So Edomea refused to permit Israel to go through his border; and Israel turned away from him.

²²And they went forward from Rekem, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to Mount Hor.

²³And the Lord spake to Mosheh and to Aharon at Mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying:

²⁴Aharon shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My Word at the waters of strife.

²⁵Take Aharon and Elazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;

²⁶And strip Aharon of his vestments, and put them upon Elazar his son; and Aharon shall be gathered (to his people), and shall die there.

²⁷And Mosheh did as the Lord commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the congregation.

²⁸And Mosheh took off his garments from Aharon, and put them upon Elazar his son. And Aharon died there, on the summit of the mount. And Mosheh and Elazar came down from the mount.

²⁹And all the congregation saw that Aharon was dead; and all the house of Israel bewailed Aharon thirty days.