“And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?”
Why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness for us and our animals to die here? — the accusation is sharp: Moses and Aaron are responsible for the congregation's location and fate. The people own nothing, not even their animals; all belong to 'the assembly of the LORD' (kahal YHWH), yet they suffer for leadership's decisions. The wilderness, once framed as the site of covenant and law-giving, is now reframed as a place of death.
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