Numbers 20:2
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Cross-references
Numbers 16:3 records Korah's rebellion where the congregation challenges Moses and Aaron's authority, mirroring the grumbling here about water.
Numbers 16:19 shows the entire congregation assembling against Moses and Aaron at the tent, exactly as they do here when water is lacking.
In Numbers 16:42, the congregation again assembles against Moses and Aaron after Korah's death — a recurring pattern of rebellion.
Numbers 21:5 records another complaint about water and food, where the people speak against God and Moses — same grumbling pattern.
Exodus 15:23 records the earlier water crisis at Marah, mirroring the lack of water that provokes complaint here.
Exodus 15:24 shows the people murmuring against Moses over water, a direct parallel to the complaint in this verse.
Exodus 16:2 records the people grumbling against Moses and Aaron about food — the same pattern of complaint seen here about water.
In Exodus 16:7, Moses responds to grumbling by saying it is against the Lord — a similar defense as in later water complaints.
Exodus 16:12 shows God hearing the grumbling and providing food — a parallel to God providing water here in response to complaint.
Exodus 17:1-4 recounts a similar water shortage and complaint at Rephidim, prefiguring the Meribah incident here.
1 Corinthians 10:10 uses the wilderness grumbling as a warning for believers, citing the destruction that followed such complaints.
1 Corinthians 10:11 declares that these wilderness events were written as examples for our instruction — directly applies to the grumbling pattern.
Deuteronomy 9:7 summarizes the entire wilderness period as provoking the Lord — encompassing the grumbling and rebellion seen here.
Psalm 106:32 directly references this event at Meribah, noting that the people's anger brought trouble upon Moses.