They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
Numbers 20:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, we and our livestock? American Standard Version (1901) And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts? Common English Bible Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this desert to kill us and our animals here? Catholic Public Domain Version Why have you led away the Church of the Lord, into the wilderness, so that both we and our cattle would die? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die? |
They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat round pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.’
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, ‘Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?’
and they said, ‘May the Lord look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.’
but for a whole month – until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it – because you have rejected the Lord, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’ ” ’
We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost – also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, ‘If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!
The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. ‘You have killed the Lord’s people,’ they said.
‘This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, “Who made you ruler and judge?” He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
But when they came up out of Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and on to Kadesh.