Numbers 14:3

Why has the Lord brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?"

Numbers 14:31-32

But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.

Psalm 78:40

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!

Jeremiah 9:3

The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

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Summary

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?

Our wives

Bible References

The lord

Psalm 78:40
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!
Jeremiah 9:3
The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

Our wives

Numbers 14:31
But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.

General references

Exodus 15:24
So the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What can we drink?"
Deuteronomy 1:26
You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God.
1 Samuel 8:8
Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.

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