Numbers 20:3

3 They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!

Numbers 20:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
ESV
3 And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!
NLT
3 The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the LORD ’s presence with our brothers!
MSG
3 They attacked Moses: "We wish we'd died when the rest of our brothers died before God.
CSB
3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.

Numbers 20:3 In-Context

1 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
2 Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron.
3 They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!
4 Why did you bring the LORD’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here?
5 Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink!”

Cross References 3

  • 1. ver 13; S Genesis 13:7; Exodus 17:2; Exodus 21:18
  • 2. S Exodus 5:21
  • 3. S Numbers 14:2; Numbers 16:31-35
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