Numbers 20:3

New American Bible - revised edition

The people quarreled with Moses, exclaiming, “Would that we had perished when our kindred perished before the Lord!

Cross References

Psalm 106:33

They so embittered his spirit that rash words crossed his lips.

Psalm 78:19

They spoke against God, and said, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?

Exodus 17:2

and so they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to a test?”

Lamentations 4:9

Better for those pierced by the sword than for those pierced by hunger, Better for those who bleed from wounds than for those who lack food.

Numbers 11:1

Now the people complained bitterly in the hearing of the Lord; and when he heard it his wrath flared up, so that the Lord’s fire burned among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 14:3

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land only to have us fall by the sword? Our wives and little ones will be taken as spoil. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”