KJV King James Version
And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 20:4
And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
WEB World English Bible
Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
ASV American Standard Version
And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and why have ye brought in the assembly of Jehovah unto this wilderness to die there, we and our beasts?
Surrounding context — Numbers 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.
2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it [is] no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither [is] there any water to drink.
6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְלָמָ֤הH4100 · mahwhat?הֲבֵאתֶם֙H935 · boto come (in): comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]קְהַ֣לH6951 · qa.halassemblyיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמִּדְבָּ֖רH4057 · mid.barmouthהַזֶּ֑הH2088 · zehthisלָמ֣וּתH4191 · mutto dieשָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereאֲנַ֖חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuweוּבְעִירֵֽנוּ׃H1165 · be.ircattle
Cross-references
Exodus 17:3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?Psalm 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;Acts 7:35This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.Numbers 16:41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.Exodus 5:21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.Exodus 16:3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.Acts 7:39-40To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,Exodus 14:11-12And they said unto Moses, Because [there were] no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?Numbers 11:5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:Numbers 16:13-14[Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
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