Numbers 20:15

20:15 how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, ¹  and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly. ² 

Numbers 11:11

11:11 And Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you afflicted ³  your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that ⁴  you lay the burden of this entire people on me?

Numbers 16:15

16:15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the Lord, “Have no respect ⁵  for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”

[20:15]  ¹ tn Heb “many days.”

[20:15]  ² tn The verb רָעַע (ra’a’) means “to act or do evil.” Evil here is in the sense of causing pain or trouble. So the causative stem in our passage means “to treat wickedly.”

[11:11]  ³ tn The verb is the Hiphil of רָעַע (ra’a’, “to be evil”). Moses laments (with the rhetorical question) that God seems to have caused him evil.

[11:11]  ⁴ tn The infinitive construct with the preposition is expressing the result of not finding favor with God (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 12-13, §57). What Moses is claiming is that because he has been given this burden God did not show him favor.

[16:15]  ⁵ tn The verb means “to turn toward”; it is a figurative expression that means “to pay attention to” or “to have regard for.” So this is a prayer against Dathan and Abiram.