Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke rashly with his lips.
Numbers 20:3 - King James 2000 And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 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. |
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke rashly with his lips.
Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Therefore the people did strive with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why do you strive with me? why do you test the LORD?
They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for lack of the fruits of the field.
And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some that were in the outlying parts of the camp.
And why has the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died in the incident of Korah.