Numbers 20:3

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The people quarreled with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

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  • Exod 17:2 : 2 So the people quarreled with Moses, saying, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied to them, "Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"
  • Num 16:31-35 : 31 As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split apart. 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, along with all of Korah's men and all their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the community. 34 All the Israelites around them ran away at their cries, saying, 'The earth might swallow us too!' 35 Then fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 Now the people began to complain bitterly in the hearing of the LORD, and when the LORD heard this, His anger burned, and fire from the LORD consumed the outskirts of the camp.
  • Num 11:33-34 : 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and He struck them with a severe plague. 34 So they named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved meat.
  • Num 14:1-2 : 1 Then the entire assembly raised their voices and cried, and the people wept throughout that night. 2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!
  • Num 14:36-37 : 36 The men whom Moses had sent to explore the land, and who returned and caused the whole assembly to complain by spreading a bad report about the land— 37 those men who spread the bad report about the land were struck down by a plague before the LORD.
  • Job 3:10-11 : 10 Because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes. 11 Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire?
  • Lam 4:9 : 9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those dying of hunger, wasting away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 The entire assembly of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, where we sat by pots of meat and ate bread until we were full! But you brought us into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger."

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  • Num 14:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

    1Then the entire assembly raised their voices and cried, and the people wept throughout that night.

    2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!

    3Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?

    4And they said to each other, "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.

  • Exod 17:2-4
    3 verses
    82%

    2So the people quarreled with Moses, saying, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied to them, "Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"

    3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

    4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!"

  • Num 20:4-5
    2 verses
    82%

    4Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?

    5Why did you bring us up from Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink!

  • Exod 16:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2The entire assembly of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

    3The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, where we sat by pots of meat and ate bread until we were full! But you brought us into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger."

  • Num 21:4-7
    4 verses
    79%

    4They journeyed from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom, and the people became impatient along the way.

    5The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!'

    6Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.

    7The people came to Moses and said, 'We have sinned, for we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD to take the serpents away from us.' So Moses prayed for the people.

  • Num 20:2
    78%

    2There was no water for the community, so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

  • Exod 14:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

    12Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone so we can serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

  • Exod 20:19
    78%

    19They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'

  • Exod 15:24
    77%

    24So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, 'What are we to drink?'

  • Num 17:12
    76%

    12So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the assembly, and the plague had already begun among the people. He put the incense in and made atonement for the people.

  • Deut 1:27
    75%

    27You grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hates us, He brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.'

  • Num 27:15
    73%

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

  • Num 11:1
    72%

    1Now the people began to complain bitterly in the hearing of the LORD, and when the LORD heard this, His anger burned, and fire from the LORD consumed the outskirts of the camp.

  • Exod 32:11
    72%

    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?"

  • Num 16:13
    72%

    13Isn't it enough that you brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also lord it over us?

  • Ps 106:32
    72%

    32By the waters of Meribah, they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;

  • Num 14:39
    72%

    39When Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

  • Exod 5:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."

    22Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why did you send me?"

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Num 11:10
    72%

    10Moses heard the people weeping throughout their clans, each at the entry of his tent. The anger of the LORD burned greatly, and Moses was very displeased.

  • Heb 3:17
    71%

    17And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

  • Num 14:11
    71%

    11The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

  • Exod 16:8
    71%

    8And Moses added, "The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because He has heard your complaints against Him. But who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD."

  • Num 20:10
    70%

    10He and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, "Listen now, you rebels! Must we bring water out of this rock for you?"

  • Num 14:27
    70%

    27How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, who are murmuring against me.

  • Num 25:10
    70%

    10The LORD said to Moses,

  • Acts 7:40
    70%

    40They said to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will lead us, for we do not know what has happened to this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt.'

  • Num 11:20
    70%

    20but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’

  • Num 16:23
    70%

    23Then the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 12:2
    70%

    2They said, 'Is it only through Moses that the LORD has spoken? Hasn't He also spoken through us?' And the LORD heard this.

  • Ps 106:16
    70%

    16They envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

  • Exod 6:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Num 20:13
    69%

    13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he showed himself holy among them.

  • Deut 1:34
    69%

    34When the LORD heard what you said, He became angry and swore an oath: