for the drinking of the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you tempt Jehovah?
And the people were evil, as those complaining in the ears of Jehovah was hot, and the fire of Jehovah burned among them and devoured in the extreme edge of the camp.
And why is Jehovah bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our infants have become a prey. Is it not good for us to return to Egypt?