Numbers 20:4

4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

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 And there was no water for the congregation, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

3 And the people chided Moses and spoke, saying, "Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

5 And why have ye made us to come up out of Egypt to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink."

6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces; and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.