Numbers 14:3

Christian Standard Bible

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder.  Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt? ”

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:3

They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Acts 7:39

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

Exodus 5:21

“May the Lord take note of you and judge,” they said to them, “because you have made us reek to Pharaoh and his officials #— #putting a sword in their hand to kill us! ”

Exodus 16:3

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger! ”

Numbers 16:13

Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness?  Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us?

Numbers 20:3

The people quarreled with Moses and said,  “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.

Numbers 21:5

The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you led us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food! ”

Deuteronomy 1:39

Your children, who you said would be plunder, your sons who  don’t yet know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it.

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? ’ ”

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.  , But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, and you did not abandon them.

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,’

Jeremiah 42:19

The Lord has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah: ‘Don’t go to Egypt.’ Know for certain that I have warned you today!