Numbers 20:3
They complained and said, “We wish that we had died in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Tent when our fellow Israelis died!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2There was no water for the people to drink there, so they came to Aaron and Moses/me.
Cross References
Exodus 17:2So the people complained to Moses/me again, saying, “Give us water to drink!” Moses/I replied to them, “Why are you ◄criticizing/arguing with► me [RHQ]? And why are you trying to determine whether Yahweh has the power to provide for you?”
Numbers 11:33Then they cooked them and started to eat them. But while they were still eating the meat [MTY], Yahweh showed that he was very angry with them. He struck them with a severe plague/sickness, and many people died.
Numbers 14:36Then the ten men who had explored Canaan and who had urged the people to rebel against Yahweh by giving reports that discouraged the people
Numbers 16:31As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men.
Job 3:10That was an evil day because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.
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 →