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 often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue, their bow is a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
Our wives
Numbers 14:31
As to your infants -- of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become -- I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;
General references
Exodus 15:24
And the people murmur against Moses, saying, 'What do we drink?'
Deuteronomy 1:26
'And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God,
1 Samuel 8:8
According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, even unto this day, when they forsake Me, and serve other gods -- so they are doing also to thee.