Numbers 20:4

4 cur eduxistis ecclesiam Domini in solitudinem ut et nos et nostra iumenta moriantur

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 cumque indigeret aqua populus coierunt adversum Mosen et Aaron

3 et versi in seditionem dixerunt utinam perissemus inter fratres nostros coram Domino

4 cur eduxistis ecclesiam Domini in solitudinem ut et nos et nostra iumenta moriantur

5 quare nos fecistis ascendere de Aegypto et adduxistis in locum istum pessimum qui seri non potest qui nec ficum gignit nec vineas nec mala granata insuper et aquam non habet ad bibendum

6 ingressusque Moses et Aaron dimissa multitudine tabernaculum foederis corruerunt proni in terram et apparuit gloria Domini super eos