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-# Connecting Statement:
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-The people of Israel continue to complain to Moses and Aaron.
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 # Why have you brought Yahweh's community into this wilderness to die here, we and our animals?
 
-The people use this question in order to complain against Moses and Aaron. It can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "You should not have brought Yahweh's community into this wilderness to die here, we and our animals." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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+"You should not have brought Yahweh's community into this wilderness to die here, we and our animals."