The people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! Cross References Exodus 16:3 "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt!" they said. "There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!" Exodus 17:2 So the people contended with Moses, "Give us water to drink." "Why do you contend with me?" Moses replied. "Why do you test the LORD?" Numbers 14:2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! Numbers 14:3 Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?" Numbers 16:31 As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open, Psalm 78:19 They spoke against God, saying, "Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? Psalm 106:33 For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips. Treasury of Scripture And the people strived with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD! God Numbers 14:1,2 Exodus 16:2,3 Exodus 17:2 when Numbers 11:1,33,34 Numbers 14:36,37 Numbers 16:31-35,49 |
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