³⁸ Many other people^(A) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

³ But the people were thirsty^(A) for water there, and they grumbled^(B) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die^(C) of thirst?”

³ When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.^(A)