Numbers 21:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

Cross References

Psalm 68:6

Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

Psalm 78:19

They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

Exodus 14:11

And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

Exodus 15:24

And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

Exodus 16:15

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.

Exodus 16:31

And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.

Proverbs 27:7

The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

Ezekiel 20:21

But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.

Numbers 11:20

But every day for a month, till you are tired of it, turning from it in disgust: because you have gone against the Lord who is with you, and have been weeping before him saying, Why did we come out of Egypt?

Numbers 16:41

But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

Numbers 17:12

And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

1 Corinthians 10:9

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.