Numbers 20:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 20:4

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

3 And the people ^acontended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died ^bwhen our brethren died before the Lord!

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.”

6 So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and ^athey fell on their faces. And ^bthe glory of the Lord appeared to them.

7 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Verse Comparison: Numbers 20:4

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American Standard Version
And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

Amplified® Bible
And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, we and our livestock?

Contemporary English Version
You brought us into this desert, and now we and our livestock are going to die!

Darby English Version
And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

Good News Bible
Why have you brought us out into this wilderness? Just so that we can die here with our animals?

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?

New American Standard Bible
"Why then have you brought the LORD'S assembly into this wilderness, for us and our beasts to die here?

New International Version
Why did you bring the LORD's community into this desert, that we and our livestock should die here?

New King James Version
Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Why then have you brought the LORD'S assembly into this wilderness, for us and our beasts to die here?

Revised Standard Version
Why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle?

Young's Literal Translation
and why have ye brought in the assembly of Jehovah unto this wilderness to die there, we and our beasts?

New English Translation
Why¹ have you brought up the Lord’s community into this wilderness? So that² we and our cattle should die here?

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