Then they said to one another, “Let's choose our own leader and go back.”
But our ancestors refused to obey Moses. They rejected him and wanted to go back to Egypt.
Remember what happened to Lot's wife.
The king should not have many horses, especially those from Egypt. The Lord has said never to go back there again.
If they had been talking about the land where they had once lived, they could have gone back at any time.
I told you never to go back to Egypt. But now the Lord himself will load you on ships and send you back. Then you will even try to sell yourselves as slaves, but no one will be interested.
Moses and Aaron bowed down to pray in front of the crowd.
We are going to Egypt, where there is plenty of food and no danger of war.”