Numbers 20:3

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And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!

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  • Exod 17:2 : 2 So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?
  • Num 16:31-35 : 31 And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two; 32 And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods. 33 So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people. 34 And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth. 35 Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
  • Num 16:49 : 49 Now fourteen thousand, seven hundred deaths were caused by that disease, in addition to those who came to their end because of what Korah had done.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.
  • Num 11:33-34 : 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them. 34 So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.
  • Num 14:1-2 : 1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping. 2 And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!
  • Num 14:36-37 : 36 And the men whom Moses sent to see the land, and who, by the bad account they gave of the land, were the cause of the outcry the people made against Moses, 37 Those same men who said evil of the land, came to their death by disease before the Lord.
  • Job 3:10-11 : 10 Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes. 11 Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?
  • Lam 4:9 : 9 Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land: 3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

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  • Num 14:1-4
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    87%

    1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.

    2 And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

    3 Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

    4 And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.

  • Exod 17:2-4
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    2 So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3 And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

    4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

  • Num 20:4-5
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    4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

    5 Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking.

  • Exod 16:2-3
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    2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

    3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

  • Num 21:4-7
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    4 Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.

    5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

    6 Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.

    7 Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.

  • Num 20:2
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    2 And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.

  • Exod 14:11-12
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    11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

    12 Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.

  • Exod 20:19
    78%

    19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

  • Exod 15:24
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    24 And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

  • Num 17:12
    76%

    12 And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

  • Deut 1:27
    75%

    27 And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.

  • Num 16:41
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    41 But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

  • Num 27:15
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    15 Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Num 11:1
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    1 Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

  • Exod 32:11
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    11 But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

  • Num 16:13
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    13 Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?

  • Ps 106:32
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    32 They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

  • Num 14:39
    72%

    39 And when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief.

  • Exod 5:21-22
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    21 And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

    22 And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

  • Num 11:10
    72%

    10 And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

  • Heb 3:17
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    17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

  • Num 14:11
    71%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

  • Exod 16:8
    71%

    8 And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.

  • Num 20:10
    70%

    10 Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

  • Num 14:27
    70%

    27 How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

  • Num 25:10
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    10 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Acts 7:40
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    40 And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

  • Num 11:20
    70%

    20 But every day for a month, till you are tired of it, turning from it in disgust: because you have gone against the Lord who is with you, and have been weeping before him saying, Why did we come out of Egypt?

  • Num 16:23
    70%

    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 12:2
    70%

    2 And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.

  • Ps 106:16
    70%

    16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

  • Exod 6:9-10
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    70%

    9 And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.

    10 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 20:13
    69%

    13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.

  • Deut 1:34
    69%

    34 And the Lord, hearing your words, was angry, and said with an oath,