Numbers 20:3 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition and complained, “Moses, we'd be better off if we had died along with the others in front of the Lord's sacred tent. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah! Common English Bible 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 And as it turned into sedition, they said: "If only we had perished among our brothers in the sight of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord. |
They challenged God by saying, “Can God provide food out here in the desert?
The people started complaining to Moses, “Give us some water!” Moses replied, “Why are you complaining to me and trying to put the Lord to the test?”
One day the Israelites started complaining about their troubles. The Lord heard them and became so angry that he destroyed the outer edges of their camp with fire.
Is the Lord leading us into Canaan, just to have us killed and our women and children captured? We'd be better off in Egypt.”
But 14,700 Israelites were dead, not counting those who had died with Korah and his followers.