Numbers Chapter 20 verse 2 Holy Bible
And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.
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And there was no water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves against Moses and against Aaron.
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There was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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And there hath been no water for the company, and they are assembled against Moses, and against Aaron,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - There was no water. There was a large natural spring at Kadesh, and during the time of their previous sojourn there no complaint of this sort seems to have arisen. At this time, however, the bulk of the encampment may have lain in a different direction (cf. verse 1 with chapter Numbers 13:26), or the supply may have failed kern temporary causes. In either case a total absence of water need not be imagined, but only an insufficient supply.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) And there was no water . . . --Kadesh may have comprised a considerable portion of the wilderness of Zin, and there may have been a supply of water in some parts of the district and a scarcity in others; or the supply may have proved insufficient for the wants of so great a multitude; or the miraculous supply which was given at Rephidim may have continued, with more or less frequent intermissions, up to the time to which this statement refers, and may have been suddenly withdrawn at this time in order to try the faith of the Israelites.