Numbers 20:4

And why have you brought the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle may die here?

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

In Context

3And the people were contentious with Mosheh, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

5And wherefore have you made us come up from Mizraim, to bring us into this evil place? This is not a place for sowing; here are neither fig trees, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:21And they said to them, May the Lord manifest Himself to you and adjudge; because you have made our savour evil in the eyes of Pharoh, and in the eyes of his servants, and have put a sword into their hands to kill us!

Exodus 16:3And the children of Israel said to them,

Numbers 11:5We remember the fish which we ate in Mizraim freely, the cucumbers and melons, the cresses and onions and garlick.

Numbers 16:13Is it a trifle that thou hast brought us from a land making milk and honey to kill us in the desert, that thou mayest domineer and rule over us?

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 →

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