Numbers 20:4

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

Numbers 20:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 20:4

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into
this wilderness
The wilderness of Zin, whither by various marches and journeys, and through different stations, they were at length come:

that we and our cattle should die there?
with thirst; they seem to represent it, as if this was the end, design, and intention of Moses and Aaron in bringing them thither; their language is much the same with their fathers on a like occasion; which shows the bad influence of example, and how careful parents should be of their words and actions, that their posterity be not harmed by them; see ( Exodus 17:3 ) .

Numbers 20:4 In-Context

2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

3 And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

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

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 tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them.