Bamidbar 20:4

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

Bamidbar 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 ) .

Bamidbar 20:4 In-Context

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.

6 And Moshe and Aharon went from the presence of the Kahal unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo’ed, and they fell upon their faces; and the kavod Hashem appeared unto them.