Numbers 20:4

Wherefore then hast thou brought the convocation of Yahweh into this desert,—to die there, we, and our cattle?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 contended with Moses,—and spake saying, Would then we had died when our brethren died, before Yahweh!

5And wherefore did ye cause us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us into this wretched place?—not a place of seeds, and figs, and vines and pomegranates, even water, is there none to drink.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:21and they said unto them, Yahweh look upon you and judge,—in that ye have made us odious in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, putting a sword into their hand to slay us.

Exodus 16:3and the sons of Israel said unto them—Oh that we had died by the hand of Yahweh, in the land of Egypt, when we remained by the pot of flesh, when we did eat bread to the full,—for ye have brought us forth into this desert, to cause all this multitude to die by famine.

Numbers 11:5We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt, without money,—the cucumbers, and the water-melons, and the leeks and the onions, and the garlick.

Numbers 16:13Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert but thou must, continue even to lord it, over us?

Psalms 106:21They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt:

Acts 7:39Unto whom, our fathers would not become obedient, but thrust him away, and turned in their hearts unto Egypt,

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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