Numbers

1The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.

2There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

3The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

4Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?

5Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”

6Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. The LORD’s glory appeared to them.

7The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

8“Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring water to them out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.”

9Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

10Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you?”

11Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.

12The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

13These are the waters of Meribah;because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;

15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.

16When we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.

17“Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.”

18Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”

19The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”

20He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

22They traveled from Kadesh, and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

23The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

24“Aaron shall be gathered to 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 Meribah.

25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;

26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”

27Moses did as the LORD commanded. They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

28Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

29When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

30Cette traduction n'inclut pas ce passage.

1And the children of Israel, and all the multitude came into the desert of Sin, in the first month: and the people abode in Cades. And Mary died there, and was buried in the same place.

2And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:

3And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.

4Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die?

5Why have you made us come up out of Egypt, and have brought us into this wretched place which cannot be sowed, nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink?

6And Moses and Aaron leaving the multitude, went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and fell flat upon the ground, and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord God, hear the cry of this people, and open to them thy treasure, a fountain of living water, that being satisfied, they may cease to murmur. And the glory of the Lord appeared over them.

7And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

8Take the rod, and assemble the people together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before them, and it shall yield waters. And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rock, all the multitude and their cattle shall drink.

9Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord, as he had commanded him,

10And having gathered together the multitude before the rock, he said to them: Hear, ye rebellious and incredulous: Can we bring you forth water out of this rock?

11And when Moses had lifted up his hand, and struck the rock twice with the rod, there came forth water in great abundance, so that the people and their cattle drank,

12And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Because you have not believed me, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, you shall not bring these people into the land, which I will give them.

13This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

14In the mean time Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the labour that hath come upon us:

15In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

16And how we cried to the Lord, and he heard us, and sent an angel, who hath brought us out of Egypt. Lo, we are now in the city of Cades, which is in the uttermost of thy borders,

17And we beseech thee that we may have leave to pass through thy country. We will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, we will not drink the waters of thy wells, but we will go by the common highway, neither turning aside to the right hand, nor to the left, till we are past thy borders.

18And Edom answered them: Thou shalt not pass by me: if thou dost I will come out armed against thee.

19And the children of Israel said: We will go by the beaten way: and if we and our cattle drink of thy waters, we will give thee what is just: there shall be no difficulty in the price, only let us pass speedily.

20But he answered: Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a strong hand,

21Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned another way from him.

22And when they had removed the camp from Cades, they came to mount Her, which is in the borders of the land of Edom:

23Where the Lord spoke to Moses:

24Let Aaron, saith he, go to his people: for he shall not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because he was incredulous to my words, at the waters of contradiction.

25Take Aaron and his son with him, and bring them up into mount Hor:

26And when thou hast stripped the father of his vesture, thou shalt vest therewith Eleazar his son: Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and die there.

27Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went up into mount Hor before all the multitude.

28And when he had stripped Aaron of his vestments, he vested Eleazar his son with them.

29And Aaron being dead in the top of the mountain, he came down with Eleazar.

30And all the multitude seeing that Aaron was dead, mourned for him thirty days throughout all their families.