Numbers 20:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ And the people contended with Mosheh and spoke, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before יהוה!

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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

Psalm 106:33

Because they embittered his spirit, And he spoke rashly with his lips.

Psalm 78:19

And they spoke against Elohim. They said, “Is Ě

Exodus 17:2

Therefore the people strove with Mosheh, and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Mosheh said to them, “Why do you strive with me? Why do you try יהוה ?”

Lamentations 4:9

Better off were those pierced by the sword Than those pierced by hunger; For these pine away, Pierced through for lack of the fruits of the field.

Numbers 11:1

And it came to be, when the people were as complainers, it was evil in the ears of יהוה. And יהוה  heard it, and His displeasure burned. And the fire of יהוה  burned among them, and consumed those in the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 14:3

“And why is יהוה  bringing us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become a prey? Would it not be better for us to turn back to Mitsrayim?”

Numbers 16:49

And those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died on account of Qoraḥ