Numbers 20:5

Easy To Read Version

Why did you bring us from Egypt? Why did you bring us to this bad place? There is no grain. There are no figs, grapes, or pomegranates. [267] And there is no water to drink.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:21

You took care of them for 40 years!\par They had all they needed in the desert.\par Their clothes didn’t wear out.\par And their feet didn’t swell and hurt.\par

Jeremiah 2:2

“Jeremiah, go and speak to the people of Jerusalem. Say to them:

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors did not say,\par ‘The Lord brought us from Egypt.\par The Lord led us through the desert.\par The Lord led us through a dry\par and rocky land.\par The Lord led us through a dark\par and dangerous land.\par No people live there.\par People don’t even travel through\par that land.\par But the Lord led us through that land.\par So where is the Lord now?’\par

Ezekiel 20:36

I will judge you just like I judged your ancestors {\cf2\super [149]} in the desert near Egypt.” The Lord my Master said these things.

Numbers 16:14

Why should we follow you? You did not bring us into the new land filled with many good things. [203] You did not give us the land God promised. You did not give us the fields or the vineyards. Will you make these men your slaves? No! We will not come.”

Numbers 20:24

“{It is time for Aaron to die and} go to be with his ancestors. [272] Aaron will not enter the land that I promised to the people of Israel. Moses, I say this to you because both you and Aaron did not fully obey the command I gave you at the waters of Meribah.

Numbers 27:14

Remember when the people became angry at the water in the desert of Zin. Both you and Aaron refused to obey my command. You did not honor me and show the people that I am holy.” (This was at the water of Meribah [321] near Kadesh in the desert of Zin.)

Deuteronomy 8:15

The Lord led you through that great and terrible desert. Poisonous snakes and scorpions [52] were in that desert! The ground was dry, and there was no water anywhere. But the Lord gave you water out of the rock.