1 Then^a the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in ^bKadesh; and ^cMiriam died there and was buried there.  ‡

2 ^aNow there was no water for the congregation; ^bso they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.  ‡

4 ^aWhy have you brought up the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here?  ‡

5 And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.”