Numbers 14:2-4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron,^(A) and the whole community told them, ‘If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! ³ Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder.^(B) Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt? ’^{(C) 4} So they said to one another, ‘Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.’