World English Bible
Numbers 20:4
“Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?”
Verse in context — Numbers 20
There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to 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.
Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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