Numbers 21:5

New International Reader's Version

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!”

Cross References

Psalm 68:6

God gives lonely people a family. He sets prisoners free, and they go out singing. But those who refuse to obey him live in a land that is baked by the sun.

Psalm 78:19

They spoke against God. They said, “Can God really put food on a table in the desert?

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 16:15

The people of Israel saw the flakes. They asked each other, “What’s that?” They didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It’s the bread the Lord has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:31

The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seeds. It tasted like wafers made with honey.

Proverbs 27:7

When you are full, you even hate honey. When you are hungry, even what is bitter tastes sweet.

Ezekiel 20:21

“ ‘ “But their children refused to obey me. They did not follow my rules. They were not careful to keep my laws. The person who obeys them will live by them. They misused my Sabbath days. So I said I would pour out all my great anger on them in the desert.

Numbers 11:20

Instead, you will eat it for a whole month. You will eat it until it comes out of your noses. You will eat it until you hate it. The Lord is among you. But you have turned your back on him. You have cried out while he was listening. You have said, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” ’ ”

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 17:12

The Israelites said to Moses, “We’ll die! We are lost! All of us are lost!

1 Corinthians 10:9

We should not test the Messiah, as some of them did. They were killed by snakes.