World English Bible
Numbers 14:2
“All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!”
Verse in context — Numbers 14
1
All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2
All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
3
Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it be better for us to return into Egypt?
4
They said one to another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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