11 (A)Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?

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11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?(A) What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

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(A)Now there was no water for the congregation; (B)so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

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Now there was no water(A) for the community,(B) and the people gathered in opposition(C) to Moses and Aaron.

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And the people (A)contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died (B)when our brethren died before the Lord!

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They quarreled(A) with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead(B) before the Lord!(C)

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13 (A)This was the water of [a]Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the Lord, and He was hallowed among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:13 Lit. Contention

13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a](A) where the Israelites quarreled(B) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:13 Meribah means quarreling.