Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus led the way before them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that were about to happen to Him:

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be  ¹delivered to the chief priests and to the  ²scribes. And they will condemn Him to  ³death and deliver Him to the Gentiles,

And they will mock Him and spit at Him and scourge Him, and they will kill Him. And after three days He will rise.

 ¹And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying to Him, Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask You.

And He said to them, What do you want Me to do for you?

And they said to Him, Grant to us to sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory.

But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the  ¹cup which I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?

And they said to Him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup which I drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you shall be baptized.

But to sit on My right or on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.

And when the ten heard this, they began to be indignant concerning James and John.

And Jesus called them to Him and said to them, You know that those who are esteemed as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

But it is not so among you; but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant,

And whoever wants to be first among you shall be the slave of all.

For even the  ¹Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His  ²life as a  ³ransom for many.

And they came to Jericho. And as He was going out from Jericho, as well as His disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a  ¹blind beggar, sat by the road.

And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, Jesus,  ¹Son of David, have mercy on me!

And many rebuked him so that he would be silent, but he cried out much more, Son of David, have mercy on me!

And Jesus, standing still, said,  ¹Call him here. And they called the blind man, saying to him, Take courage. Rise. He is calling you.

And throwing his garment aside, he leaped up and came to Jesus.

And Jesus answered him and said,  ¹What do you want Me to do for you? And the blind man said to Him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight!

And Jesus said to him, Go; your faith has  ¹healed you. And immediately he received his sight and followed Him on the road.

Then the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed at Kadesh; and Miriam  ¹died there and was buried there.

And there was no  ¹water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying, If only we had expired when our brothers expired before Jehovah!

Why then have you brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die there?

Why then did you bring us up out of Egypt, to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is not even water to drink.

And Moses and Aaron went from before the congregation to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and fell upon their faces, and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Take the rod, and gather the assembly, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the  ¹rock before their eyes, so that it yields its water. Thus you shall bring forth water for them out of the rock and give the assembly and their livestock something to drink.

And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as He had commanded him.

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Listen now, you  ¹rebels: Shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?

Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and abundant water came forth, and the assembly and their livestock drank.

And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in Me, to  ¹sanctify Me in the sight of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

These are the waters of  ¹Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and He was sanctified among them.

Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of  ¹Edom: Thus says your brother Israel, You know all the hardship that has befallen us;

How our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians ill-treated us and our fathers;

And when we cried to Jehovah, He heard our voice and sent an Angel and brought us forth out of Egypt; and now we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.

Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, nor will we drink water from any well; we will go along the King's Highway, not turning aside to the right or to the left, until we pass through your territory.

But Edom said to him, You shall not pass through  ¹my territory, or else I will come out against you with the sword.

Then the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway, and if I and my livestock drink some of your water, then I will pay its price. Allow me only this one thing, to pass through on foot.

However he said, You shall not pass through. And Edom came out against him with a large number of people and with a mighty hand.

So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, and Israel turned away from him.

Now when they journeyed from Kadesh, the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to Mount Hor.

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,

Aaron shall be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the waters of Meribah.

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up Mount Hor;

And strip Aaron of his garments and put them upon Eleazar his son; so Aaron will be gathered to his people, and will die there.

So Moses did just as Jehovah had commanded, and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole assembly.

And when Moses had stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son, Aaron  ¹died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

And when the whole assembly saw that Aaron had expired, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.

And when the  ¹Canaanite, the king of  ²Arad, who dwelt in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

And Israel made a vow to Jehovah and said, If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called  ¹Hormah.

Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and  ¹the people became impatient on the way.

And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and there is no water; and our soul loathes this  ¹light bread.

Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah and against you; pray to Jehovah, that He may take away the serpents from us. So Moses prayed for the people.

Then Jehovah said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a  ¹pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.

And Moses made a  ¹bronze serpent and set it on the pole; and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

And the children of Israel journeyed and encamped at Oboth.

And they journeyed from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness which faces Moab toward the sunrise.

From there they journeyed and encamped in the valley of Zered.

From there they journeyed and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of Jehovah,
Waheb in Suphah,
And the valleys of the Arnon,

And the slope of the valleys
That inclines toward the seat of Ar
And leans toward the border of Moab.

And from there they journeyed to  ¹Beer; that is the well where Jehovah said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

Then Israel sang this song:
Spring up, O well! Sing to it!

The well, which the  ¹leaders sank,
Which the  ¹nobles of the people dug,
With the scepter, with their staffs.
And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;

And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;

And from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down upon the desert.