Numbers 20:2-5

English Standard Version

The Waters of Meribah

^2 (A)Now there was no water for the congregation. ^(B)And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. ³ And the people ^(C)quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished ^(D)when our brothers perished before the Lord! ⁴ Why have you brought the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle? ⁵ And ^(E)why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.”