saying, “No, instead we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war, or hear the sound of the trumpet, or be hungry of bread, that’s were we will live.”’
Numbers 14:4 - Y'all Version Bible They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they said one to another, Let us choose a captain and return to Egypt. American Standard Version (1901) And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Common English Bible So they said to each other, “Let’s pick a leader and let’s go back to Egypt.” Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to one another, "Let us appoint our leader, and so return to Egypt." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they said one to another: Let us appoint a captain, and let us return into Egypt. |
saying, “No, instead we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war, or hear the sound of the trumpet, or be hungry of bread, that’s were we will live.”’
but a whole month, until it comes out at y’all’s nostrils, and it is loathsome to y’all, because y’all have rejected YHWH who is among y’all, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we leave Egypt?”’”
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
“But our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,
However, he must not accumulate horses for himself, or cause the people to return to Egypt, for the purpose of accumulating horses, because YHWH has said to y’all, “Y’all must not go back that way again.”
YHWH will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told to you that you would never see it again. There y’all will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.
In fact, if they had been focusing on the country they left, they would have had an opportunity to return.