² All the Israelites grumbled^(A) against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt!^(B) Or in this wilderness!^(C)

⁵ they spoke against God^(A) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt^(B) to die in the wilderness?^(C) There is no bread! There is no water!^(D) And we detest this miserable food!”^(E)

⁶ Then the Lord sent venomous snakes^(F) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.^(G)

⁹ We should not test Christ,^[a](A) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.^(B)