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Numbers 20:4 Cross-References
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“And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?”
Numbers 20:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 20:4
The question 'And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness' blamed Moses and Aaron for bringing Israel to this place. Yet Moses and Aaron merely followed God's command—the pillar of cloud and fire led Israel (Numbers 9:15-23), not human decision. By blaming the leaders, the people implicitly blamed God while maintaining deniability. This indirection characterizes much human rebellion: criticizing God's appointed means while avoiding direct accusation of God Himself.The phrase 'congregation of the LORD' ironically invoked their covenant status while rebelling aga...
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Cross-References for Numbers 20:4
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“and said”
“their Savior”
“saying”
“which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers”
“May Yahweh look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
“We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
“Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?,And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?, וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הַמִבְּלִי אֵין־קְבָרִים בְּמִצְרַיִם לְקַחְתָּנוּ לָמוּת בַּמִּדְבָּר מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ לְהוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם׃ ,And they said unto Moses: Because there were no graves in Egypt”
“to kill us in the wilderness”
“but rejected him”