Numbers 20:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ The people quarrelled with Moses and said,  ‘If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And the people contended with Moses, and said, Would that we had died when our brethren died [in the plague] before the Lord! [Num. 16:49.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

Common English Bible

³ Then the people confronted Moses and said to him, “If only we too had died when our brothers perished in the LORD’s presence!

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And as it turned into sedition, they said: "If only we had perished among our brothers in the sight of the Lord.

Numbers 20:3 Cross References

Exodus 17:2

So the people complained to Moses, ‘Give us water to drink.’ ‘Why are you complaining to me? ’ Moses replied to them. ‘Why are you testing  the Lord? ’

Lamentations 4:9

Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Numbers 11:1

Now the people began complaining openly before  the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, his anger burned,  and fire  from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 14:3

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder.  Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt? ’

Numbers 16:49

But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who died because of the Korah incident.