1 In the first month all the people of Israel arrived at the Desert of Zin. They stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
2 There was no water for the people. So they came together against Moses and Aaron.
3 They argued with Moses. They said, “We should have died in front of the Lord as our brothers did.
4 Why did you bring the Lord’s people into this desert? Are we and our animals to die here?
5 Why did you bring us from Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain, figs or pomegranates. And there’s no water to drink!”
6 So Moses and Aaron left the people. Then they went to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. They bowed facedown. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them.