Bamidbar 20:2

2 And there was no mayim for the Edah; and they gathered themselves together against Moshe and against Aharon.

Bamidbar 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.

Bamidbar 20:2 In-Context

1 0 Then came the Bnei Yisroel, even the kol HaEdah into the Midbar of Tzin in the first month; and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miryam died there, and was buried there.

2 And there was no mayim for the Edah; and they gathered themselves together against Moshe and against Aharon.

3 And the people contended with Moshe, and spoke, saying, If only we had died when our brethren died before Hashem!

4 And why have ye brought up the Kahal Hashem into this midbar, that we and our livestock should die here?

5 And why have ye made us to come up out of Mitzrayim, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of zera (grain), or of te’enah (fig), or of gefen (grapevine), or of pomegranates; neither is there any mayim to drink.