1. 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.
2. And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves against Moses and against Aaron.
3. And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
4. And why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
5. And why have ye conducted us from Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.