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Numbers 20:2

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1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.

3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

4 Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
KJV
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
WEB
There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
ASV
And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
DARBY
And there was no water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
BLB
And there was no water for the congregation, and they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.
ÅB
Men menigheten hadde ikke vann; da samlet de seg mot Moses og Aron.
OTB
Det var ikke vann til menigheten, og de samlet seg mot Moses og Aron.
B1930
Men menigheten hadde ikke vann; da samlet de sig mot Moses og Aron.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 16:19

    When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.

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  • Numbers 16:42

    But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

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  • Exodus 15:23–24

    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

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  • Exodus 16:12

    “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

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  • Numbers 16:3

    They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

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  • Numbers 21:5

    and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

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  • Numbers 11:1–6

    Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:10–11

    And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

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