Numbers 20:2
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Numbers 20:2 in other translations
| BSB | Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. |
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| WEB | There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. |
| ASV | And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. |
| YLT | And there hath been no water for the company, and they are assembled against Moses, and against Aaron, |
| DARBY | And there was no water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. |
| BBE | And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron. |
| Webster | And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves against Moses and against Aaron. |
What does Numbers 20:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 20:2-13
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 20:1-13
After thirty-eight years' tedious abode in the wilderness, the armies of Israel advanced towards Canaan again. There was no water for the congregation. We live in a wanting world, and wherever we are, must expect to meet with something to put us out. It is a great mercy to have plenty of water, a mercy which, if we found the want of, we should more own the worth of. Hereupon they murmured against Moses and Aaron…
Numbers 20:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 20:2
- Numbers 16:19
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.
- Numbers 16:42
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
- Exodus 15:23-24
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
- Exodus 16:12
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
- Numbers 16:3
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
- Numbers 21:5
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
- Numbers 11:1-6
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? …
- 1 Corinthians 10:10-11
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
- Exodus 16:7
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
- Exodus 17:1-4
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
- Exodus 16:2
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
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Context
- Numbers 20:1
Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Numbers 20:2
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
- Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
Numbers 20:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y como no hubiese agua para la congregación, juntáronse contra Moisés y Aarón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il n’y avait pas d’eau pour l’assemblée; et ils s’attroupèrent contre Moïse et contre Aaron. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es war kein Wasser da für die Gemeinde, und sie versammelten sich wider Mose und wider Aaron. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque indigeret aqua populus, convenerunt adversum Moysen et Aaron: |