Numbers 14:2

New International Reader's Version

The Israelites spoke against Moses and Aaron. The whole community said to them, “We wish we had died in Egypt or even in this desert.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then he traveled for one day into the desert. He came to a small bush. He sat down under it. He prayed that he would die. “Lord, I’ve had enough,” he said. “Take my life. I’m no better than my people of long ago.”

Job 3:11

“Why didn’t I die when I was born? Why didn’t I die as I came out of my mother’s body?

Psalm 106:24

Later on, they refused to enter the pleasant land of Canaan. They didn’t believe God’s promise.

Psalm 106:25

In their tents they told the Lord how unhappy they were. They didn’t obey him.

Psalm 106:45

Because they were his people, he remembered his covenant. Because of his great love, he felt sorry for them.

Exodus 14:11

They said to Moses, “Why did you bring us to the desert to die? Weren’t there any graves in Egypt? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 15:24

The people told Moses they weren’t happy with him. They said, “What are we supposed to drink?”

Exodus 17:3

But the people were thirsty for water there. So they told Moses they weren’t happy with him. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt? Did you want us, our children and our livestock to die of thirst?”

Jonah 4:3

Lord, take away my life. I’d rather die than live.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God sent a burning east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head. It made him very weak. He wanted to die. So he said, “I’d rather die than live.”

Numbers 11:1

The people weren’t happy about the hard times they were having. The Lord heard what they were saying. It made him very angry. Then the Lord sent fire on them. It blazed out among the people. It burned up some of the outer edges of the camp.

Numbers 11:15

Is this how you are going to treat me? If you are pleased with me, just put me to death right now. Don’t let me live if I have to see myself destroyed anyway.”

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish we ate in Egypt. It didn’t cost us anything. We also remember the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.

Numbers 14:1

That night all the members of the community raised their voices. They wept out loud.

Numbers 14:22

And here is what you can be just as sure of. Not one of these people will see the land I promised to give them. They have seen my glory. They have seen the signs I did in Egypt. And they have seen what I did in the desert. But they did not obey me. And they have tested me ten times.

Numbers 16:13

You have brought us up out of a land that has plenty of milk and honey. You have brought us here to kill us in this desert. Isn’t that enough? Now do you also want to act as if you were ruling over us?

Numbers 16:41

The next day the whole community of Israel told Moses and Aaron they weren’t happy with them. “You have killed the Lord’s people,” they said.

Numbers 17:6

So Moses spoke to the Israelites. Their leaders gave him 12 walking sticks. They gave one for the leader of each of Israel’s tribes. Aaron’s walking stick was among them.

Numbers 20:2

The people didn’t have any water. So they gathered together to oppose Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 20:3

They argued with Moses. They said, “We wish we had died when our people fell dead in front of the Lord.

Numbers 20:4

Why did you bring the Lord’s people into this desert? We and our livestock will die here.

Numbers 21:5

So they spoke against God and against Moses. They said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt? Do you want us to die here in the desert? We don’t have any bread! We don’t have any water! And we hate this awful food!”

1 Corinthians 10:10

Don’t speak against God. That’s what some of the people of Israel did. And they were killed by the destroying angel.

Deuteronomy 1:27

You spoke against him in your tents. You said, “The Lord hates us. That’s why he brought us out of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites. He wanted to destroy us.

Deuteronomy 9:23

The Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea. He said, “Go up and take over the land I have given you.” But you refused to do what the Lord your God had commanded you to do. You didn’t trust him or obey him.

Hebrews 3:16

Who were those who heard and refused to obey? Weren’t they all the people Moses led out of Egypt?

Jude 1:16

These people complain and find fault with others. They follow their own evil desires. They brag about themselves. They praise others to get what they want.