The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger! ’
Numbers 20:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Why have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, we and our livestock? American Standard Version (1901) And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts? Common English Bible Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this desert to kill us and our animals here? Catholic Public Domain Version Why have you led away the Church of the Lord, into the wilderness, so that both we and our cattle would die? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die? |
The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger! ’
But the people thirsted there for water and grumbled against Moses. They said, ‘Why did you ever bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst? ’
‘May the Lord take note of you and judge,’ they said to them, ‘because you have made us reek to Pharaoh and his officials #– #putting a sword in their hand to kill us! ’
but for a whole month #– #until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes nauseating to you #– #because you have rejected the Lord who is among you, and wept before him, “Why did we ever leave Egypt? ” ’
We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them, ‘If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
The next day the entire Israelite community complained about Moses and Aaron, saying, ‘You have killed the Lord’s people! ’
‘This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge? #– #this one God sent as a ruler and a deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
But when they came from Egypt, Israel travelled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.