Numbers 20:2

2 There was no water for the people, so they came together against Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 20:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 20:2

And there was no water for the congregation
Which was so ordered, for the trial of this new generation, to see whether they would behave any better than their fathers had done in a like circumstance, the first year they came out of Egypt, ( Exodus 17:1-8 )

and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron;
just as their fathers had done before them, being of the like temper and disposition.

Numbers 20:2 In-Context

1 In the first month all the people of Israel arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

2 There was no water for the people, so they came together against Moses and Aaron.

3 They argued with Moses and said, "We should have died in front of the Lord as our brothers did.

4 Why did you bring the Lord's people into this desert? Are we and our animals to die here?

5 Why did you bring us from Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain, figs, grapevines, or pomegranates, and there's no water to drink!"