And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, So that the people will not lose heart when they see war, and return to Egypt:
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would to God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would to God we had died in this wilderness!
Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe him, nor listen to his voice.