Numbers 21:5

Free Bible Version

and made complaints against God and against Moses, saying, “Why did you lead us out of Egypt to die in the desert? We don't have bread or water, and we hate this awful food!”

Cross References

Psalm 68:6

God gives those who are abandoned a family to live with. He sets prisoners free with celebration. But those who rebel live in a desert wasteland.

Psalm 78:19

They insulted God by saying, “Can God provide food here in the desert?

Exodus 14:11

They complained to Moses, “Were there no graves in Egypt that you had to bring us out here in the desert to die? What have you done to us by making us leave Egypt?

Exodus 15:24

So the people complained to Moses, asking, “What are we going to drink?”

Exodus 16:15

When the Israelites saw it, they asked each another, “What is it?” because they had no idea what it was. So Moses explained to them, “It's the bread the Lord has provided for you to eat.

Exodus 16:31

The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers with honey.

Proverbs 27:7

If you're full up, you can't face honey; but if you're starving, even bitter food tastes sweet.

Ezekiel 20:21

But their children also rebelled against me. They didn't follow my laws and didn't keep my regulations, even though they would have given them life. They violated my Sabbaths. So I warned them that I would punish them in my anger there in the desert.

Numbers 11:20

You're going to eat it for a whole month until it makes you vomit and it comes out through your nostrils, because you have rejected the Lord who is right here with you, complaining to him by saying, ‘Why on earth did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Numbers 16:41

The next day all the Israelites complained to Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord's people!”

Numbers 17:12

Then the Israelites came and told Moses, “Can't you see we're all going to die? We'll be destroyed! We're all going to be killed!

1 Corinthians 10:9

Nor should we push God to the limit, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.