1. In the first month the whole community of Israel came to the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
2. There was no water where they camped, so the people gathered round Moses and Aaron
3. and complained: “It would have been better if we had died in front of the Lord's Tent along with our fellow-Israelites.
4. Why have you brought us out into this wilderness? Just so that we can die here with our animals?
5. Why did you bring us out of Egypt into this miserable place where nothing will grow? There's no corn, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates. There is not even any water to drink!”
6. Moses and Aaron moved away from the people and stood at the entrance of the Tent. They bowed down with their faces to the ground, and the dazzling light of the Lord's presence appeared to them.