A moment in scripture
Numbers 20:1
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Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
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The surrounding passage
- Numbers 20:2
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
- Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.