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Numbers 20:2–3

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2aNow there was no water for the congregation, band they assembled themselves against Moses and Aaron.

3aThe people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “bIf only we had breathed our last cwhen our brothers breathed their last before Yahweh!

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Cross references

  1. aEx 17:1
  2. bNum 16:19, 42
  3. aEx 17:2
  4. bNum 14:2, 3
  5. cNum 16:31–35

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now there was no water for the congregation. And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There was no water for the community, so they assembled against Moses and Aaron. The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron. The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the Lord’s presence with our brothers!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

There was no water for the community, and they were gathered before Moses and Aaron. And the people quarreled with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we died when our brothers were dying before Yahweh!

KJV 1900King James Version

And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!