Numbers 14:2

Good News Translation

They complained against Moses and Aaron, and said, “It would have been better to die in Egypt or even here in the wilderness!

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down in the shade of a tree and wished he would die. “It's too much, Lord,” he prayed. “Take away my life; I might as well be dead!”

Job 3:11

I wish I had died in my mother's womb or died the moment I was born.

Psalm 106:24

Then they rejected the pleasant land, because they did not believe God's promise.

Psalm 106:25

They stayed in their tents and grumbled and would not listen to the Lord.

Psalm 106:45

For their sake he remembered his covenant, and because of his great love he relented.

Exodus 14:11

They said to Moses, “Weren't there any graves in Egypt? Did you have to bring us out here in the desert to die? Look what you have done by bringing us out of Egypt!

Exodus 15:24

The people complained to Moses and asked, “What are we going to drink?”

Exodus 17:3

But the people were very thirsty and continued to complain to Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? To kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

Jonah 4:3

Now then, Lord, let me die. I am better off dead than alive.”

Jonah 4:8

After the sun had risen, God sent a hot east wind, and Jonah was about to faint from the heat of the sun beating down on his head. So he wished he were dead. “I am better off dead than alive,” he said.

Numbers 11:1

The people began to complain to the Lord about their troubles. When the Lord heard them, he became angry and sent fire on the people. It burned among them and destroyed one end of the camp.

Numbers 11:15

If you are going to treat me like this, have pity on me and kill me, so that I won't have to endure your cruelty any longer.”

Numbers 11:5

In Egypt we used to eat all the fish we wanted, and it cost us nothing. Remember the cucumbers, the watermelons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic we had?

Numbers 14:1

All night long the people cried out in distress.

Numbers 14:22

none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and over again and have refused to obey me.

Numbers 16:13

Isn't it enough that you have brought us out of the fertile land of Egypt to kill us here in the wilderness? Do you also have to lord it over us?

Numbers 16:41

The next day the whole community complained against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have killed some of the Lord's people.”

Numbers 17:6

So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a stick, one for each tribe, twelve in all, and Aaron's stick was put with them.

Numbers 20:2

There was no water where they camped, so the people gathered around Moses and Aaron

Numbers 20:3

and complained: “It would have been better if we had died in front of the Lord's Tent along with the other Israelites.

Numbers 20:4

Why have you brought us out into this wilderness? Just so that we can die here with our animals?

Numbers 21:5

and spoke against God and Moses. They complained, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We can't stand any more of this miserable food!”

1 Corinthians 10:10

We must not complain, as some of them did—and they were destroyed by the Angel of Death.

Deuteronomy 1:27

You grumbled to one another: ‘The Lord hates us. He brought us out of Egypt just to hand us over to these Amorites, so that they could kill us.

Deuteronomy 9:23

And when he sent you from Kadesh Barnea with orders to go and take possession of the land that he was giving you, you rebelled against him; you did not trust him or obey him.

Hebrews 3:16

Who were the people who heard God's voice and rebelled against him? All those who were led out of Egypt by Moses.

Jude 1:16

These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they brag about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way.