Numbers 14:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ So they said to one another, ‘Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And they said one to another, Let us choose a captain and return to Egypt.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Common English Bible

⁴ So they said to each other, “Let’s pick a leader and let’s go back to Egypt.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And they said to one another, "Let us appoint our leader, and so return to Egypt."

Numbers 14:4 Cross References

Jeremiah 42:14

and if you say, “No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt  where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn  or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,”

Numbers 11:20

but for a whole month #– #until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes nauseating to you #– #because you have rejected the Lord who is among you, and wept before him, “Why did we ever leave Egypt? ” ’

Numbers 14:5

Then Moses and Aaron fell face down in front of the whole assembly of the Israelite community.

Luke 17:32

Remember Lot’s wife!

Acts 7:39

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they pushed him aside, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Deuteronomy 17:16

However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, “You are never to go back that way again.”

Deuteronomy 28:68

The Lord will take you back in ships to Egypt by a route that I said you would never see again.  There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.’

Hebrews 11:15

If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.