Revised Literal Translation
Numbers 20:2
2And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Numbers 20:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
- New International Version (NIV)Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now there was no water for the congregation. And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.
Context of Numbers 20:2
1Then 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. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before Yhwh! 4And why have ye brought up the congregation of Yhwh into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
Read all of Numbers 20Numbers 20:2 word by word
וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה מַ֖יִם לָעֵדָ֑ה וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹֽן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 20:2
- Exodus 16:23And he said unto them, This is that which Yhwh hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto Yhwh: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
- Exodus 17:1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of Yhwh, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
- Numbers 11:1And when the people complained, it displeased Yhwh: And Yhwh heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of Yhwh burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
- Numbers 16:3And 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 Yhwh is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of Yhwh?
- Numbers 21:5And 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.
- Exodus 16:2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
- 1 Corinthians 10:10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Commentaries on Numbers 20:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And there was no water for the congregation - The same occurrence took place to the children of Israel at Kadesh, as did formerly to their fathers at Rephidim, see Exodus 17:1; and as the fathers murmured, so also did the children.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-6Verses 2-6 The language of the murmurers is noteworthy. It has the air of a traditional remonstrance handed down from the last generation. Compare marginal references.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2there was no water: Most of the year, Sinai and the Negev are very hot and dry.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-132-13. there was no water for the congregation--There was at Kadesh a fountain, En-Mishpat (Ge 14:7), and at the first encampment of the Israelites there was no want of water. It was then either partially dried up by the heat of the season, or had been exhausted by the demands of so vast a multitude.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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