12. 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.”
13. These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy.
14. Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met:
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.”
18. But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.”
19. 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.”
20. But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong force.
21. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.
22. And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
23. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom,
24. “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.
25. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor.