Numbers 20 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And the sons of Israel will come, all the assembly, to the desert of Zin, in the first month; and the people will dwell in Kadesh; and Miriam will die there and be buried there.	And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there.	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.
2	And there was not water for the assembly: and they will gather together against Moses and against Aaron.	Now there was no water for the congregation. And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.	Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron.
3	And they will contend with Moses, and will speak, saying, Would that we died in the dying of our brethren before Jehovah!	And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!	They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!
4	And for what brought ye the gathering of Jehovah into this desert to die there, we and our cattle.	Why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle?	Why did you bring the LORD’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here?
5	And for what brought ye us up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? Not a place of seed, and figs, and the vine and the pomegranate; and not water to drink.	And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.”	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!”
6	And Moses will go, and Aaron, from the face of the gathering to the door of the tent of appointment, and they will fall upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah shall be seen to them.	Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared to them,	Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
7	And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying,	and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,	The LORD said to Moses,
8	Take the rod and gather the assembly together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes; and it gave water; and brought to them water from the rock, and gave drink to the assembly, and their cattle.	“Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.”	“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.”
9	And Moses will take the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him.	And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him.	So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he commanded him.
10	And Moses and Aaron will gather together the gathering before the rock, and he will say to them, Hear, now, ye rebellious: from this rock shall we bring forth to you water?	Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?”	He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
11	And Moses will lift up his hand and will smite the rock with the rod twice, and many waters will come forth, and the assembly will drink and their cattle.	And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.	Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
12	And Jehovah will say to Moses, and to Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to consecrate me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, for this, ye shall not bring in this gathering to the land which I gave to them.	And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”	But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “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.”
13	These the Waters of Strife, because the sons of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he will be consecrated in them.	These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and through them he showed himself holy.	These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he was proved holy among them.
14	And Moses will send messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus said thy brother Israel, Thou knewest all the distress which found us:	Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met:	Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “This is what your brother Israel says: You know about all the hardships that have come on us.
15	And our fathers will go down to Egypt and will dwell in Egypt many days; and the Egyptians will do evil to us and to our fathers.	how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers.	Our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived there many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors,
16	And we shall cry to Jehovah, and he will hear our voice, and he will send a messenger and he will bring us forth out of Egypt: and behold us in Kadesh, a city the end of thy boundary.	And when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.	but when we cried out to the LORD, he heard our cry and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. “Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.
17	Now we will pass over in thy land: we will not pass through in the field and in the vineyard, and we will not drink the water of the well: the way of the king we will go; we will not incline to the right or to the left till we shall pass over thy boundary.	Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink water from a well. We will go along the King’s Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”	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’s Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
18	And Edom will say to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest with the sword I shall come out to thy meeting.	But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.”	But Edom answered: “You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword.”
19	And the sons of Israel will say to him, By the highway will we come up; and if we shall drink of thy waters, I and my cattle, I gave a price: only not speaking, I will pass through on my feet.	And the people of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.”	The Israelites replied: “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—nothing else.”
20	And he will say, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom will come forth to his meeting with a heavy people, and with a strong hand.	But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong force.	Again they answered: “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful army.
21	And Edom will refuse to give to Israel to pass over by his boundary; and Israel will turn away from him.	Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.	Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them.
22	And they will remove from Kadesh, and the sons of Israel, all the assembly will come to Mount Hor.	And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.	The whole Israelite community set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.
23	And Jehovah will say to Moses and to Aaron, in mount Hor, upon the boundary of the land of Edom, saying,	And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom,	At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
24	Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not come into the land which I gave to the sons of Israel, because that ye resisted my mouth at the Waters of Strife.	“Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.	“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.
25	Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor.	Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor.	Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor.
26	And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered and die there.	And strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron shall be gathered to his people and shall die there.”	Remove Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will die there.”
27	And Moses will do as Jehovah commanded: and he will bring him up to mount Hor before the eyes of all the assembly.	Moses did as the LORD commanded. And they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.	Moses did as the LORD commanded: They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.
28	And Moses will strip Aaron of his garments, and will put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron will die there in the head of the mountain: and Moses will come down, and Eleazar, from the mountain.	And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.	Moses removed Aaron’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,
29	And all the assembly will see that Aaron died, and they will weep for Aaron thirty days, all the house of Israel.	And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.	and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died, all the Israelites mourned for him thirty days.
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