Numbers 20:3
And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!
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2And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.
Cross References
Exodus 17:2So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?
Numbers 11:33But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.
Numbers 14:36And the men whom Moses sent to see the land, and who, by the bad account they gave of the land, were the cause of the outcry the people made against Moses,
Numbers 16:31And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;
Job 3:10Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:2-14
The Death of Miriam; The Water of Meribah; Moses and Aaron Reproved. ( b. c. 1453.) 1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ! 4 And why… Read the whole commentary →