Numbers 14:2

New Living Translation

Their voices rose in a great chorus of protest against Moses and Aaron. “If only we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!” they complained.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”

Job 3:11

“Why wasn’t I born dead? Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

Psalm 106:24

The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.

Psalm 106:25

Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the Lord.

Psalm 106:45

He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.

Exodus 14:11

and they said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren’t there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt?

Exodus 15:24

Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded.

Exodus 17:3

But tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”

Jonah 4:3

Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”

Jonah 4:8

And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.

Numbers 11:1

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 11:15

If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!”

Numbers 11:5

“We remember the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic we wanted.

Numbers 14:1

Then the whole community began weeping aloud, and they cried all night.

Numbers 14:22

not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.

Numbers 16:13

Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?

Numbers 16:41

But the very next morning the whole community of Israel began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord’s people!”

Numbers 17:6

So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.

Numbers 20:2

There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 20:3

The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the Lord’s presence with our brothers!

Numbers 20:4

Why have you brought the congregation of the Lord’s people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock?

Numbers 21:5

and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”

1 Corinthians 10:10

And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.

Deuteronomy 1:27

You complained in your tents and said, ‘The Lord must hate us. That’s why he has brought us here from Egypt—to hand us over to the Amorites to be slaughtered.

Deuteronomy 9:23

And at Kadesh-barnea the Lord sent you out with this command: ‘Go up and take over the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him.

Hebrews 3:16

And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt?

Jude 1:16

These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.