1 In the first month of the year, the whole community of Israel arrived in the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. While they were there, Miriam died and was buried.
2 There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron.
3 The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the lord’s presence with our brothers!
4 Why have you brought the congregation of the lord’s people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock?