Numbers 20:2
Good News Translation
There was no water where they camped, so the people gathered around Moses and Aaron

New Revised Standard Version
Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and against Aaron.

Contemporary English Version
The Israelites had no water, so they went to Moses and Aaron

New American Bible
Since the community had no water, they held an assembly against Moses and Aaron.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:

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And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:

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Exodus 16:23,24 And he said to them: This is what the Lord hath spoken: To morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctified to the Lord. Whatsoever work is to be done, do it; and the meats that are to be dressed, dress them; and whatsoever shall remain, lay it up until the morning. . . .

Exodus 17:1-4 Then all the multitude of the children of Israel setting forward from the desert of Sin, by their mansions, according to the word of the Lord, encamped in Raphidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. . . .

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Numbers 11:1-6 In the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was angry. And the fire of the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that were at the uttermost part of the camp. . . .

Numbers 16:3,19,42 And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord? . . .

Numbers 21:5 And speaking against God and Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.

Exodus 16:2,7,12 And all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:10,11 Neither do you murmur, as some of them murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer. . . .

Context
Water from the Rock
1And the children of Israel, and all the multitude came into the desert of Sin, in the first month: and the people abode in Cades. And Mary died there, and was buried in the same place. 2And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:3And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.…
Cross References
Exodus 17:1
Then all the multitude of the children of Israel setting forward from the desert of Sin, by their mansions, according to the word of the Lord, encamped in Raphidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

Exodus 17:2
And they chode with Moses, and said: Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses answered them: Why chide you with me? Wherefore do you tempt the Lord?

Numbers 16:19
And had drawn up all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to them all.

Numbers 16:42
And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,

Psalm 106:32
They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes:

Numbers 20:1
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