Numbers 14:2
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And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!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!
In other translations
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!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!
Hebrew words
וַיִּלֹּנוּvaiyilonuand they grumbledH3885עַל־'al-onH5921מֹשֶׁהmoshehMosesH4872וְעַל־ve'al-and onH5921אַהֲרֹן'aharonAaronH175כֹּלkolallH3605בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֲלֵהֶם'alehemto themH413כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעֵדָהha'edahthe congregationH5712לוּ־lu-ifH3863מַתְנוּmatnuwe had diedH4191בְּאֶרֶץbe'eretzin [the] land ofH776מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714אוֹ'oorH176בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidbarin the wildernessH4057הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088לוּ־lu-ifH3863מָתְנוּ׃matenuwe had diedH4191
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Related verses
- Exodus 15:24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
- Exodus 17:3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- Numbers 16:41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
- Philippians 2:14-1514 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Exodus 16:2-32 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.2 And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 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!”
- 1 Corinthians 10:10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
- Jude 1:16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
- Numbers 14:27-2927 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,27 “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me. 28 So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. 29 Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
- Psalm 106:24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
- Jonah 4:3Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
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People and places
Places: Egypt