Numbers 20:2
And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 16:2And all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Exodus 16:12I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: say to them: In the evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread: and you shall know that I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 17:2And they chode with Moses, and said: Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses answered them: Why chide you with me? Wherefore do you tempt the Lord?
Numbers 14:2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying:
Numbers 16:3And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord?
Numbers 16:42And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,
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 →