1 In the first month, the entire Israelite community entered the Zin desert and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.
2 Now there was no water for the community, and they assembled against Moses and Aaron.
3 Then the people confronted Moses and said to him, "If only we too had died when our brothers perished in the Lord’s presence!
4 Why have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this desert to kill us and our animals here?
5 Why have you led us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place without grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates? And there’s no water to drink!"
6 Moses and Aaron went away from the assembly to the entrance of the meeting tent and they fell on their faces. Then the Lord’s glory appeared to them.
7 The Lord spoke to Moses: