1   And the children of Israel, and al the multitude came into the desert Sin, the first moneth: and the people abode in Cades. And Marie died there, and was buried in the same place. ^note

2   And when the people lacked water, they came together against Moyses and Aaron:

3   and being turned into sedition, said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before our Lord.

4   Why haue you brought forth the Church of our Lord into the wildernesse, that both we and our cattel should die?

5   Why did you make vs ascend out of Ægypt, and haue brought vs into this exceding naughtie place which can not be sowed, which bringeth forth neither figge, nor vines, nor pomegranates, moreouer also hath no water for to drinke?

6   And Moyses and Aaron, the multitude being dismissed, entring into the tabernacle of couenant, fel flatte vpon the ground, and cried to our Lord, and said: Lord God heare the crie of this people, and open vnto them thy treasure the fountaine of liuing water, that being satisfied, their murmuring may cease. And the glorie of our Lord appeared ouer them.

7   And our Lord spake to Moyses, saying:

8   Take the rodde, and assemble the people together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speake to ^note the rocke before them, and it shal geue waters. And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rocke, al the multitude shal drinke and their cattel.

9   Moyses therfore tooke the rodde, which was in the sight of our Lord, as he commanded him,

10   the multitude being assembled before the rocke, and he said to them: Heare ye rebellious and incredulous: Can we out of this rocke bring you forth water?

11   And when Moyses had lifted vp his hand stricking the rocke, ^note twise with

Aaron dieth. the rodde, there came forth great plentie of water, so that the people drunke and their cattel.

12   And our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron: Because ^note you haue not beleued me, to sanctifie me before the children of Israel, you shal not bring in these peoples into the land, which I wil geue them.

13   This is the water of contradiction, where the children of Israel quarelled against our Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

14   In the meane time Moyses sent messengers from Cades to the King of Edom, which should say: Thus thy brother Israel biddeth vs to say: Thou knowest al the labour, that hath taken vs,

15   in what maner our fathers went downe into Ægypt, and there we dwelt a great time, and the Ægyptians afflicted vs, and our fathers:

16   and in what maner we cried to our Lord, and he heard vs, and sent an Angel, that hath brought vs out of Ægypt. Loe being presently in the citie of Cades, which is in thy vttermost borders,

17   we besech thee that we may haue licence to passe through thy countrie. We wil not goe through the fieldes, nor through the vineyardes, we wil not drinke the waters of thy welles, but we wil goe the common high way, declining neither to the right hand, nor to the left, til we be past thy borders.

18   To whom Edom answered: Thou shalt not passe by me, otherwise I wil come armed against thee.

19   And the children of Israel said: We wil goe by the bearen way: and if we and the cattel drinke thy waters, we wil geue thee that which is iust: there shal be no difficultie in the price, only let vs passe speedely.

20   But he answered: Thou shalt not passe: And immediatly he came forth to meete them with an infinitie multitude, and a strong hand,

21   neither would he condescend to them desiring to grant them passage through his borders. For the which cause Israel turned an other way from him.

22   And when they had remoued the campe from Cades, they came into the mountaine Hor, which is in the borders of the land of Edom:

23   Where our Lord spake to Moyses:

24   Let Aaron, sayeth he, goe to his people: for he shal not enter to the Land, which I haue geuen the children of Israel, for that he was incredulous to my mouth, at the Waters of contradiction.

25   Take Aaron and his sonne with him, and thou shalt bring them into the mountaine Hor.

26   And when thou hast vnuested the father of his vesture, thou shalt reuest therewith Eleazar his sonne: Aaron shal be gathered, and die there.

27   Moyses

Brasen serpent. did as our Lord had commanded: and they went vp into the mountaine Hor before al the multitude.

28   And when he had spoyled Aaron of his vestimentes, be reuested Eleazar his sonne with them.

29   After that he was dead in the toppe of the mountaine, he went downe with Eleazar.

30   And al the multitude seeing that Aaron was dead, ^note mourned vpon him thirtie daies throughout al their families.

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