Numbers 20:3
And the people were contentious with Mosheh, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
2And there was no water for the congregation; and they gathered against Mosheh and against Aharon;
Cross References
Exodus 17:2and the people were contentious with Mosheh, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Mosheh said, Why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt before the Lord?
Numbers 11:33While yet the flesh was between their teeth, and they had not yet finished, the displeasure of the Lord was manifested strongly against the people, and the Lord inflicted death among the people with a very great mortality.
Numbers 14:36And the men whom Mosheh sent to search the land, and who returned to make all the congregation murmur against him, by bringing forth an evil name upon the land;
Numbers 16:31And it was, when he had finished to speak all these words, that the ground under them clave asunder,
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 →