Numbers 20:3
And the people contended with Moses,—and spake saying, Would then we had died when our brethren died, before Yahweh!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2And there was no water for the assembly,—so they gathered together against Moses and against Aaron.
Cross References
Exodus 17:2And the people found fault with Moses, and said—Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why should ye find fault with me? Why should ye put Yahweh to the proof?
Numbers 11:33The flesh, was yet between their teeth, not yet chewed,—when the anger of Yahweh, had kindled upon the people, and Yahweh smote the people, with an exceeding great plague.
Numbers 14:36Now as for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land,—who returned and caused all the assembly to murmur against him by giving out a rumour against the land,
Numbers 16:31And it came to pass as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground which was under them, clave asunder;
Job 3:10Because it closed not the doors of the womb wherein I was, and so hid trouble from mine eyes.
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 →