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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Water From the Rock</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They quarreled with Moses and said, &#8220;If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Why did you bring the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> appeared to them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So Moses took the staff from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s presence, just as he commanded him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, &#8220;Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron, &#8220;Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">These were the waters of Meribah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:13 </span><span class="fq">Meribah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">quarreling.</span></span></span><span class="content"> where the Israelites quarreled with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and where he was proved holy among them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Edom Denies Israel Passage</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.20.14"><span class="content">&#8220;This is what your brother Israel says: You know about all the hardships that have come on us. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived there many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">but when we cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he heard our cry and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.20.16"><span class="content">&#8220;Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Please let us pass through your country. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King&#8217;s Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But Edom answered:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.20.18"><span class="content">&#8220;You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The Israelites replied:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.20.19"><span class="content">&#8220;We will go along the main road, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We only want to pass through on foot&#8212;nothing else.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Again they answered:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.20.20"><span class="content">&#8220;You may not pass through.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.20.20"><span class="content">Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful army. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Aaron</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The whole Israelite community set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Aaron will be gathered to his people. He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Remove Aaron&#8217;s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will die there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Moses did as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded: They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Moses removed Aaron&#8217;s garments and put them on his son Eleazar. And Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died, all the Israelites mourned for him thirty days.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">137</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 137</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">when we remembered Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.137.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There on the poplars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">we hung our harps,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.137.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for there our captors asked us for songs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">our tormentors demanded songs of joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">they said, &#8220;Sing us one of the songs of Zion!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.137.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How can we sing the songs of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">while in a foreign land?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.137.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If I forget you, Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">may my right hand forget its skill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.137.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">if I do not remember you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">if I do not consider Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">my highest joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.137.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what the Edomites did</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">on the day Jerusalem fell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Tear it down,&#8221; they cried,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">&#8220;tear it down to its foundations!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.137.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">happy is the one who repays you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">according to what you have done to us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.137.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Happy is the one who seizes your infants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.137.9"><span class="content">and dashes them against the rocks.</span></span></div>
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