1. Then came the Bnei Yisroel, even the kol HaEdah into the Midbar of Tzin in the first month; and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miryam died there, and was buried there.
2. And there was no mayim for the Edah; and they gathered themselves together against Moshe and against Aharon.
3. And the people contended with Moshe, and spoke, saying, If only we had died when our brethren died before Hashem!
4. And why have ye brought up the Kahal Hashem into this midbar, that we and our livestock should die here?