Judges 11:16 References
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'For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel awent through the wilderness to the Red Sea and bcame to Kadesh,
b Numbers 20:1, Numbers 20:4-21
Numbers 20
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Then the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the awilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people stayed at Kadesh. Now Miriam died there and was buried there.
Numbers 20
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"aWhy then have you brought the Lord'S assembly into this wilderness, for us and our beasts to die here?
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"Why have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us in to this wretched place? aIt is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink."
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Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting and afell on their faces. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to them;
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and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Take athe rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink."
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and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. And he said to them, "aListen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?"
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Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and awater came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank.
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But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "aBecause you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."
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Those were the waters of aMeribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them.
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From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to athe king of Edom: "Thus your brother Israel has said, 'You bknow all the hardship that has befallen us;
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that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly.
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'But awhen we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and sent ban angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.
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'Please alet us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king's highway, not turning to the right or left, until we pass through your territory.'"
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aEdom, however, said to him, "You shall not pass through us, or I will come out with the sword against you."
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Again, the sons of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if I and amy livestock do drink any of your water, bthen I will pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, nothing else."