Numbers 20:3
The people complained against Moses. They said, “It would have been better if we had died when our fellow Israelites died in front of Yahweh!
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2There was no water for the community, so they assembled together against Moses and Aaron.
4Why have you brought Yahweh's community into this wilderness to die here, we and our animals?
Cross References
Exodus 17:2So the people blamed Moses for their situation and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
Numbers 11:33While the meat was still between their teeth, while they were chewing it, Yahweh became angry at them. He attacked the people with a very great disease.
Numbers 14:36So the men Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made the entire community grumble against Moses by spreading a bad report about the land—
Numbers 16:31As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground opened under those men.
Job 3:10because it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, 1 and because it did not hide trouble from my eyes. 1
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 →