Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 20:1 | Then the children of Israel came with ye whole Congregation to the desert of Zin in the first moneth, and the people abode at Cadesh: where Miriam died, and was buried there. |
| 20:2 | But there was no water for the Congregation, and they assembled them selues against Moses and against Aaron. |
| 20:3 | And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord. |
| 20:4 | Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lord vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there? |
| 20:5 | Wherefore nowe haue yee made vs to come vp from Egypt, to bring vs into this miserable place, which is no place of seede, nor figges, nor vines, nor pomegranates? neither is there any water to drinke. |
| 20:6 | Then Moses and Aaron went from the assemblie vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and fell vpon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared vnto them. |
| 20:7 | And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, |
| 20:8 | Take the rod, and gather thou and thy brother Aaron the Congregation together, and speake yee vnto the rocke before their eyes, and it shall giue foorth his water, and thou shalt bring them water out of the rocke: so thou shalt giue the Congregation, and their beastes drinke. |
| 20:9 | Then Moses tooke the rod from before the Lord, as he had commanded him. |
| 20:10 | And Moses and Aaron gathered the Congregation together before the rocke, and Moses sayd vnto them, Heare nowe, ye rebels: shall we bring you water out of this rocke? |
| 20:11 | Then Moses lift vp his hande, and with his rod he smote the rocke twise, and the water came out aboundantly: so the Congregation, and their beastes dranke. |
| 20:12 | Againe the Lord spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, Because ye beleeued me not, to sanctifie mee in the presence of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this Congregation into the land which I haue giuen them. |
| 20:13 | This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel stroue with the Lord, and hee was sanctified in them. |
| 20:14 | Then Moses sent messengers from Kadesh vnto the king of Edom, saying, Thus sayth thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the trauaile that we haue had, |
| 20:15 | How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers. |
| 20:16 | But when we cried vnto the Lord, he heard our voyce, and sent an Angel, and hath brought vs out of Egypt, and beholde, wee are in the citie Kadesh, in thine vtmost border. |
| 20:17 | I pray thee that we may passe through thy countrey: we will not goe through the fieldes nor the vineyardes, neither will we drinke of the water of the welles: we will goe by the kings way, and neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left, vntill we be past thy borders. |
| 20:18 | And Edom answered him, Thou shalt not passe by mee, least I come out against thee with the sword. |
| 20:19 | Then the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe vp by the hie way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, I will then pay for it: I will onely (without any harme) goe through on my feete. |
| 20:20 | Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power. |
| 20:21 | Thus Edom denyed to giue Israel passage through his countrey: wherefore Israel turned away from him. |
| 20:22 | And when the children of Israel with al the Congregation departed from Kadesh, they came vnto the mount Hor. |
| 20:23 | And the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron in the mount Hor neere the coast of the land of Edom, saying, |
| 20:24 | Aaron shall be gathered vnto his people: for hee shall not enter into the lande, which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel, because ye disobeyed my commandement at the water of Meribah. |
| 20:25 | Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne, and bring them vp into the mount Hor, |
| 20:26 | And cause Aaron to put off his garmentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: for Aaron shall be gathered to his fathers, and shall die there. |
| 20:27 | And Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went vp into the mount Hor, in the sight of all the Congregation. |
| 20:28 | And Moses put off Aarons clothes, and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: so Aaron dyed there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came downe from off the mount. |
| 20:29 | When al the Congregation sawe that Aaron was dead, al the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirtie dayes. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.