Numbers 20:4

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

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  • Exod 17:3 : 3 And 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?
  • Num 11:5 : 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
  • Num 16:13-14 : 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
  • Num 16:41 : 41 But 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.
  • Ps 106:21 : 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
  • Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
  • Acts 7:39-40 : 39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned bk again into Egypt, 40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
  • Exod 5:21 : 21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
  • Exod 14:11-12 : 11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
  • Exod 16:3 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 20:5
    86%

    5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

  • Exod 17:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

    2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

    3 And 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?

    4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

  • Exod 14:11-12
    2 verses
    84%

    11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

    12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

  • Num 20:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

    3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

  • Num 14:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

    1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

    2 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!

    3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

    4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

  • Num 21:4-5
    2 verses
    80%

    4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

    5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

  • Exod 16:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2 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.

  • Jer 2:6
    78%

    6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

  • Num 16:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

    14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

  • Deut 1:27
    77%

    27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to liver us into the hand of the Amorites, to stroy us.

  • Exod 15:24
    75%

    24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

  • Deut 9:28
    75%

    28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilrness.

  • Num 17:12
    74%

    12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

  • Num 20:10
    74%

    10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

  • Exod 5:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

    22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

  • Num 11:20
    74%

    20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

  • Deut 1:19
    73%

    19 And when we parted from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilrness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God command us; and we came to Kash-barnea.

  • Num 20:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

    16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

  • Deut 11:5
    73%

    5 And what he did unto you in the wilrness, until ye came into this place;

  • Num 14:16
    73%

    16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

  • Num 16:41
    73%

    41 But 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.

  • Exod 20:19
    72%

    19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

  • Num 11:11
    72%

    11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

  • Num 14:27
    72%

    27 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.

  • Deut 5:25
    72%

    25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.

  • Heb 3:17
    72%

    17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

  • Deut 8:15
    71%

    15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilrness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

  • Deut 1:40
    71%

    40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilrness by the way of the Red sea.

  • Num 14:41
    71%

    41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

  • Num 14:29
    71%

    29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were mbered of you, according to your whole mber, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

  • Num 14:11
    71%

    11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

  • Ps 78:40
    71%

    40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

  • Exod 17:7
    71%

    7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

  • Num 11:6
    71%

    6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

  • Num 11:4
    71%

    4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

  • Exod 16:8
    71%

    8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.