Numbers 21:5

New English Translation

And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we detest this worthless food.”

Cross References

Psalm 68:6

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

Psalm 78:19

They insulted God, saying, “Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?

Exodus 14:11

and they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the desert? What in the world have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 15:24

So the people murmured against Moses, saying, “What can we drink?”

Exodus 16:15

When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you for food.

Exodus 16:31

The house of Israel called its name “manna.” It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey.

Proverbs 27:7

The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

Ezekiel 20:21

“‘But the children rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.

Numbers 11:20

but a whole month, until it comes out your nostrils and makes you sick, because you have despised the Lord who is among you and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we ever come out of Egypt?”’”

Numbers 16:41

But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord’s people!”

Numbers 17:12

The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!

1 Corinthians 10:9

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.