Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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?
The lord
Our wives
General references
Bible References
The lord
Psalm 78:40
How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!
Jeremiah 9:3
Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
Our wives
Numbers 14:31
And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.
General references
Exodus 15:24
And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?
Deuteronomy 1:26
But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:
1 Samuel 8:8
As they have done from the first, from the day when I took them out of Egypt till this day, turning away from me and worshipping other gods, so now they are acting in the same way to you.