Numbers 14:1-4

The People Rebel

Then all the congregation ¹lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept ²that night. 2 And all the sons of Israel ^agrumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “^bWould that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 And why is Yahweh bringing us into this land, ^ato fall by the sword? ^bOur wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” 4 So they said to one another, “^aLet us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”