^11 (A)Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?

Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan

14 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people ^(A)wept that night. ^2 (B)And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! ³ Why has the Lord brought us to this land to ^[a]fall by the sword, that our wives and ^(C)children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” ⁴ So they said to one another, ^(D)“Let us select a leader and ^(E)return to Egypt.”

^2 (A)Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”

So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you ^(B)tempt the Lord?”

³ And the people thirsted there for water, and the people ^(C)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our ^(D)livestock with thirst?”

² Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel ^(A)complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. ³ And the children of Israel said to them, ^(B)“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ^(C)when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

²³ Now when they came to ^(A)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called ^[a]Marah. ²⁴ And the people ^(B)complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

¹⁵ If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and ^(A)do not let me see my wretchedness!”

The People Complain

11 Now ^(A)when the people complained, it displeased the Lord; ^(B)for the Lord heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the ^(C)fire of the Lord burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.

Complaints of the People

⁴¹ On the next day ^(A)all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”