Numbers 21:5

Good News Translation

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!”

Cross References

Psalm 68:6

He gives the lonely a home to live in and leads prisoners out into happy freedom, but rebels will have to live in a desolate land.

Psalm 78:19

They spoke against God and said, “Can God supply food in the desert?

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 16:15

When the Israelites saw it, they didn't know what it was and asked each other, “What is it?” Moses said to them, “This is the food that the Lord has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:31

The people of Israel called the food manna. It was like a small white seed, and tasted like thin cakes made with honey.

Proverbs 27:7

When you are full, you will refuse honey, but when you are hungry, even bitter food tastes sweet.

Ezekiel 20:21

“But that generation also defied me. They broke my laws and did not keep my commands, which bring life to anyone who obeys them. They profaned the Sabbath. I was ready to let them feel the force of my anger there in the desert and to kill them all.

Numbers 11:20

but for a whole month, until it comes out of your ears, until you are sick of it. This will happen because you have rejected the Lord who is here among you and have complained to him that you should never have left Egypt.’”

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 17:12

The people of Israel said to Moses, “Then that's the end of us!

1 Corinthians 10:9

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did—and they were killed by snakes.