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
O how oft did they grieve him in the wilderness? How many a time did they provoke him in the desert?
Jeremiah 9:3
They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD.
Our wives
Numbers 14:31
And your children, which ye said should be a prey: them I will bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have refused,
General references
Exodus 15:24
Then the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
Deuteronomy 1:26
Notwithstanding, ye would not consent to go up, but were disobedient unto the mouth of the LORD your God,
1 Samuel 8:8
And as they have ever done - since I brought them out of Egypt unto this day, and have forsaken me and served other gods - even so do they unto thee.