Numbers 20:3
They argued with Moses, saying, “If only we'd died with our relatives in the Lord's presence!
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4Why have you brought the Lord's people into this desert just so we and our livestock can die here?
Cross References
Exodus 17:2Some of them came and complained to Moses, saying, “Give us water to drink!” “Why are you complaining to me?” Moses asked. “Why are you trying to challenge the Lord?”
Numbers 11:33But while the people were still biting into the meat, before they even chewed it down, the Lord showed his burning anger against them, killing some of them with a severe disease.
Numbers 14:36The men that Moses had sent to explore the country—those who came back and because they gave a bad report they made all the Israelites complain against the Lord—
Numbers 16:31Immediately after Moses had finished saying all this, the ground under the rebels split apart,
Job 3:10for it did not shut my mother's womb to prevent me from seeing trouble.
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 →