CHAPTER EXPLORER
Numbers 20
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29 verses in KJV · 260 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Numbers 20 (KJV)
20:1 Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
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Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 1471 BC
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H175a.ha.ronAaron · 14 occurrencesH4872mo.shehMoses · 13 occurrencesH4325ma.yimwater · 10 occurrencesH3808lonot · 10 occurrencesH3478yis.ra.elIsrael · 10 occurrencesH3068ye.ho.vahLORD · 10 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 9 occurrencesH5712e.dahcongregation · 8 occurrencesH5674a.varto pass · 7 occurrencesH2022harmountain: mount · 6 occurrencesH8033shamthere · 5 occurrencesH6440pa.nehface: before · 5 occurrencesH5553se.larock · 5 occurrencesH123e.domEdom · 5 occurrences
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