Numbers 20:12-14

EasyEnglish Bible

¹² The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘You did not trust me enough to show the Israelites that I am holy. So you will not lead them into the land that I have promised to give to them.’

¹³ The place where this happened was called ‘Meribah’, because the Israelites quarrelled with the Lord there.^[a] But he showed them there that he was their holy God.

The Israelites want to travel through Edom

¹⁴ From Kadesh, Moses sent men to the king of Edom with this message: ‘We are Israelites, your relatives. We should be friendly to each other. You know about all the troubles that have happened to us.