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Numbers 20:4

Doubt

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!

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.

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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
Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
KJV
And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
WEB
Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
ASV
And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
DARBY
And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
BLB
And why have you⁺ brought up the assembly of YHWH into this wilderness to die here—we and our livestock?
ÅB
Hvorfor har dere ført Herrens menighet inn i denne ørken, så vi må dø her, både vi og vår buskap?
OTB
Hvorfor har du ført Herrens folk inn i denne ørkenen, hvor vi og vårt buskap risikerer å omkomme?
B1930
Hvorfor har I ført Herrens menighet inn i denne ørken, så vi må dø her, både vi og vår buskap?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 17:3

    And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

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  • Psalms 106:21

    They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

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  • Exodus 14:11–12

    And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

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  • Numbers 16:41

    But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

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  • Numbers 11:5

    We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

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  • Numbers 16:13–14

    Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

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  • Acts 7:35

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

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  • Exodus 16:3

    And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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