Numbers 14:3
And wherefore does Jehovah bring us to this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our little ones shall be for a prey. Would it not be good for us to turn back to Egypt?
Numbers 14:31-32
And your little ones which ye said shall be for a prey, and I brought them in, and they shall know the land which ye rejected
Psalm 78:40
How often they will embitter him in the desert! they will grieve him in the waste.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.
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And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
The lord
Our wives
General references
Bible References
The lord
Psalm 78:40
How often they will embitter him in the desert! they will grieve him in the waste.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.
Our wives
Numbers 14:31
And your little ones which ye said shall be for a prey, and I brought them in, and they shall know the land which ye rejected
General references
Exodus 15:24
And the people will murmur against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
Deuteronomy 1:26
And ye were not willing to go up, and ye will rebel against the mouth of Jehovah your God,
1 Samuel 8:8
According to all the works which they did from the day I brought them up out of Egypt, and even to this day, and they will forsake me and serve other gods, so they do also to thee.