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Numbers 20:4

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

KJV

Cur eduxistis ecclesiam Domini in solitudinem, ut et nos et nostra jumenta moriamur ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἵνα τί ἀνήγαγες τὴν συναγωγὴν Κυρίου εἰς τὴν ἔρημον ταύτην ἀποκτεῖναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τὰ κτήνη ἡμῶν;

LXX

And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

ASV

וְ/לָ/מָ֤ה הֲבֵאתֶם֙ אֶת קְהַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה אֶל הַ/מִּדְבָּ֖ר הַ/זֶּ֑ה לָ/מ֣וּת שָׁ֔ם אֲנַ֖חְנוּ וּ/בְעִירֵֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ם
m
pronoun · 7×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
קְהַ֣ל
qhl
noun · 123×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 17:3 — And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with t
  • Josh 7:7 — And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt o
  • Ps 106:21 — They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;