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Numbers 20:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And wherefore 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. "

Numbers 20:5

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3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, 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 wherefore 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.

7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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From This Chapter

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 20:4

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

Numbers 20:6

"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."

Numbers 20:7

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

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