Numbers 14:1-4
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The People Rebel
14 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.(A) 2 All the Israelites grumbled(B) against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt!(C) Or in this wilderness!(D) 3 Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?(E) Our wives and children(F) will be taken as plunder.(G) Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?(H)” 4 And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.(I)”
Numbers 20:2-5
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2 Now there was no water(A) for the community,(B) and the people gathered in opposition(C) to Moses and Aaron. 3 They quarreled(D) with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead(E) before the Lord!(F) 4 Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness,(G) that we and our livestock should die here?(H) 5 Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates.(I) And there is no water to drink!(J)”
Numbers 21:4-5
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The Bronze Snake
4 They traveled from Mount Hor(A) along the route to the Red Sea,[a](B) to go around Edom.(C) But the people grew impatient on the way;(D) 5 they spoke against God(E) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt(F) to die in the wilderness?(G) There is no bread! There is no water!(H) And we detest this miserable food!”(I)
Footnotes
- Numbers 21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds
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