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Book of Numbers, Chapter 20

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Chapter 20 of Numbers—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And the sons of Israel, the entire assembly, proceeded to come into the wilderness of Zin1 in the first month, and the people took up dwelling in Kaʹdesh.2 It was there that Mirʹi·am3 died and there that she was buried.
  2. ¶ Now there proved to be no water for the assembly,4 and they began to congregate themselves against Moses and Aaron.5
  3. And the people went quarreling6 with Moses[a] and saying: “If only we had expired when our brothers expired before Jehovah!7
  4. And why have YOU men brought Jehovah’s congregation into this wilderness for us and our beasts of burden to die there?8
  5. And why have YOU conducted us up out of Egypt to bring us into this evil place?9 It is no place of seed and figs and vines and pomegranates,10 and there is no water to drink.”
  6. Then Moses and Aaron came from before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell upon their faces,11 and Jehovah’s glory began to appear to them.12
  7. ¶ Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:
  8. “Take the rod13 and call the assembly together, you and Aaron your brother, and YOU must speak to the crag before their eyes that it may indeed give[b] its water; and you must bring out water for them from the crag[c] and give the assembly and their beasts of burden drink.”14
  9. ¶ So Moses took the rod from before Jehovah,15 just as he had commanded him.
  10. After that Moses and Aaron called the congregation together before the crag, and he proceeded to say to them: “Hear, now, YOU rebels!16 Is it from this crag that we shall bring out water for YOU?”17
  11. With that Moses lifted his hand up and struck the crag with his rod twice; and much water began to come out, and the assembly and their beasts of burden began to drink.18
  12. ¶ Later Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron: “Because YOU did not show faith in me to sanctify19 me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore YOU will not bring this congregation into the land that I shall certainly give them.”20
  13. These are the waters of Merʹi·bah,[d]21 because the sons of Israel quarreled with Jehovah, so that he was sanctified[e] among them.
  14. ¶ Subsequently Moses sent messengers from Kaʹdesh to the king of Eʹdom:22 “This is what your brother Israel23 has said, ‘You yourself well know all the hardship that has overtaken us.24
  15. And our fathers proceeded to go down to Egypt,25 and we continued to dwell in Egypt many days;26 and the Egyptians began doing harm to us and our fathers.27
  16. Finally we cried out to Jehovah28 and he heard our voice and sent an angel29 and brought us out of Egypt; and here we are in Kaʹdesh, a city at the extremity of your territory.
  17. Let us pass, please, through your land. We shall not pass through a field or a vineyard, and we shall not drink the water of a well. On the king’s road we shall march.30 We shall not bend toward the right or the left,31 until we shall pass through your territory.’”
  18. ¶ However, Eʹdom said to him: “You must not pass through me, for fear I may come out with the sword to meet you.”
  19. In turn the sons of Israel said to him: “By the highway we shall go up; and if I and my livestock should drink your water, I shall also certainly give the value of it.32 I want nothing more than to pass through on my feet.”33
  20. Still he said: “You must not pass through.”34 With that Eʹdom35 came on out to encounter him with a great many people and a strong hand.
  21. So Eʹdom refused to grant Israel to pass through his territory.36 Hence Israel turned away from him.37
  22. ¶ And the sons of Israel, the entire assembly, proceeded to pull away from Kaʹdesh38 and come to Mount Hor.39
  23. Then Jehovah said this to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor by the border of the land of Eʹdom:
  24. “Aaron will be gathered to his people,40 for he will not enter into the land that I shall certainly give to the sons of Israel, on the ground that YOU men rebelled against my order respecting the waters of Merʹi·bah.41
  25. Take Aaron and El·e·aʹzar his son and bring them up into Mount Hor.
  26. And strip Aaron of his garments,42 and you must clothe with them El·e·aʹzar43 his son; and Aaron will be gathered and must die there.”44
  27. ¶ So Moses did just as Jehovah had commanded; and before the eyes of all the assembly they went climbing Mount Hor.
  28. Then Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and clothed El·e·aʹzar his son with them, after which Aaron died there on the top of the mountain.45 And Moses and El·e·aʹzar came on down from the mountain.
  29. And all the assembly got to see that Aaron had expired, and all the house of Israel continued weeping for Aaron thirty days.46

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Sy and one Heb. ms add “and Aaron.”
  2. ^ Lit., “and it must give.”
  3. ^ Or, “the cliff (rock-mass).” Heb., has·seʹlaʽ; Gr., peʹtras; Syr., kiʼ·phaʼ; Lat., peʹtra.
  4. ^ Meaning “Quarreling; Strife; Contention.” Heb., Meri·vahʹ.
  5. ^ Or, “so that he might be sanctified.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Nu 13:21; 33:36
  2. ^ Nu 13:26; 20:22; De 1:46; 2:14; Jg 11:16
  3. ^ Ex 15:20; Nu 26:59; Mc 6:4
  4. ^ Ex 17:1
  5. ^ Nu 16:42
  6. ^ Ex 17:2
  7. ^ Nu 16:35, 41, 49
  8. ^ Ex 14:11; 17:3; Nu 16:13; 21:5
  9. ^ Nu 16:14; De 8:15; Ne 9:21
  10. ^ Ex 3:17; 13:5; De 8:8; Je 2:2
  11. ^ Nu 14:5
  12. ^ Ex 16:10; Nu 14:10
  13. ^ Ex 17:5
  14. ^ Ne 9:15; Ps 78:15; 105:41; 114:8; Is 43:20; 48:21
  15. ^ Ex 7:12, 19; Nu 17:10; Heb 9:4
  16. ^ De 9:24; Ps 106:32
  17. ^ Ps 106:33
  18. ^ Ex 17:6; De 8:15; 1Co 10:4
  19. ^ Le 10:3; Nu 27:14; De 32:51; Is 8:13; Re 4:11
  20. ^ De 1:37; 3:26; 34:4; Jos 1:2
  21. ^ De 33:8; Ps 95:8; 106:32; Heb 3:8
  22. ^ Jg 11:17
  23. ^ Ge 36:8; De 2:4; 23:7
  24. ^ Ex 18:8
  25. ^ Ge 46:6; Ac 7:15
  26. ^ Ge 15:13; Ex 12:40
  27. ^ Ex 1:11, 14; De 26:6; Ac 7:19
  28. ^ Ex 2:23; 3:7
  29. ^ Ex 14:19; 23:20; 33:2; Ac 7:35
  30. ^ Nu 21:22
  31. ^ De 2:27
  32. ^ De 2:6
  33. ^ De 2:28
  34. ^ Jg 11:17
  35. ^ Ge 36:1
  36. ^ De 2:29
  37. ^ De 2:8; Jg 11:18
  38. ^ Nu 13:26; 33:37
  39. ^ Nu 21:4; 34:7
  40. ^ Ge 25:8; Nu 33:38; De 32:50
  41. ^ Nu 20:12; De 32:51
  42. ^ Ex 28:2; 29:29; Heb 7:23
  43. ^ Ex 6:23; Nu 4:16
  44. ^ Nu 33:38
  45. ^ Nu 33:39; De 10:6; 32:50
  46. ^ De 34:8

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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