1. Then the entire community of the Israelites came to the desert of Zin on the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; Miriam died and was buried there.
2. There was no water for the community, and they were gathered before Moses and Aaron.
3. And the people quarreled with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we died when our brothers were dying before Yahweh!
4. Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh, us and our livestock, into this desert to die here?